Sacramento County Housing Digest

There’s no law requiring California property owners to carry insurance, but the vast majority buy it to protect themselves from fire and other perils, or are required to do so by their mortgage lenders.

Gov. Newsom launched an ambitious program that uses Medi-Cal to help Californians access housing, healthy food and more. Now, its fate is in the hands of President-Elect Trump.

Learn more about the plans to develop affordable housing for staff on a district-owned parcel in South Natomas.

The Public Policy Institute of California, a think tank that conducts vigorous and objective research into vital state issues, is celebrating its 30th anniversary with a series of retrospective reports.

In their December 3 meeting, the Sacramento City Council unanimously voted against a proposed 'anti-displacement' ordinance. Read on to learn more about the ordinance and why it failed.

California and federal prosecutors have accused software company RealPage of enriching itself ”at the expense of renters who pay inflated prices.”

Floodwaters devastated the small communities of Pajaro and Planada in early 2023. California gave each town $20 million to recover – but as residents face down another winter, much of the aid has yet to reach them.

Learn more about the City of Sacramento's Small Developer Incubator which brings local contractors and others in the housing development sector to work on building smaller housing developments faster.

Learn more about two new homes under construction in Folsom utilizing an innovative Japanese framing system.

Applications are open to homeowners in Sacramento and Yolo Counties for home repair loans from Habitat for Humanity of Greater Sacramento. Read the article for details and information about how to apply.

Multiple state agencies spent nearly $24 billion on housing and homeless programs in the first five years of Gavin Newsom’s governorship, but the number of people without homes continued to grow, rising by 20% to more than 180,000 in the most recent federal count in 2023.

California allotted half a billion dollars to help community land trusts across the state. But budget cuts and bureaucracy have land trust advocates back where they were in 2020: seeking state aid to preserve affordable housing.

How to apply rebate as part of the recent $80 million state program to electrify homes.

A look at how the two candidates for Sacramento mayor would address homelessness.

A lottery will be held for residency in the 387 apartments located on Bruceville Road in Elk Grove.

Homeless service providers are scaling back and taking out loans as they wait for late payments from the government.

Elected local and county officials attended a recent groundbreaking for the Somers West master planned community on 2,667 acres with housing for up to 8,000 residents in unincorporated Sacramento County.

Many California farmworkers have long lacked safe and affordable places to sleep — an issue thrown into sharp relief after last year’s mass shooting in Half Moon Bay, which left seven agricultural workers dead.

Tenant advocates say giving renters 10 days to respond to eviction notices, up from 5, will help those who live in rural areas and have trouble finding legal help. Some landlords argue it will increase their costs.

At a CalMatters event, California’s insurance commissioner says the changes he’s making will help homeowners and business owners. One idea: A state grant for those who spend money to protect their property from wildfires.

In their September 17 meeting, the Sacramento City Council approved the construction of apartment buildings of up to three stories in height in neighborhoods designated for single family homes.

Solving Sacramento looks at the use of interim housing as a scalable means addressing the needs of the unhoused.

The Sacramento Bee takes a look at the Proposition 33 rent-control measure on the November ballot.

A 113-unit affordable housing development is under development for the site of the former San Juan Motel 5700 Stockton Boulevard in Sacramento.

California’s inland regions are experiencing dangerous heat waves, exacerbated by rapid population growth. As more people move away from the expensive coastal areas to more affordable inland communities, these regions are seeing significant demographic changes and spiking electricity bills.

An exclusive CalMatters analysis of the latest California homeless count reveals some good news and bad news: Though the growth rate of homelessness appears to be slowing, the overall number of unhoused Californians increased from two years ago.

The Sacramento Observer has compiled a list of affordable housing projects under construction in Sacramento.

Amid a Southern California heat wave, about 300 advocates for rent control — with two 10-foot “greedy landlord” puppets — rallied Thursday in downtown Los Angeles, chanting: “The rent is too damn high!”

The Elk Grove News reports on the details of the recent settlement between the State of California and the City of Elk Grove over the July 2022 denial of the Oak Rose affordable housing project.

A large apartment complex in San Rafael’s majority-Latino Canal neighborhood. Latino families in Marin County are far more likely than white families to have trouble making ends meet, a new report finds.

The Legislature is willing to guarantee $500 million annually to affordable housing developers, but with a caveat.

The Sacramento County Board of Supervisors approved rezoning of several sites in Rio Linda, Elverta, and North Highlands with a goal of increasing housing density in new developments.