Sacramento County Housing Digest

A Republican bill to require more transparency from California’s 50,000 homeowners associations failed to advance out of committee despite bipartisan support.

Two consecutive committee chairs getting overruled by their committee members signifies a growing rift among California Democrats about how to address the housing crisis.

A look at five large developments which are set to impact the Sacramento region.

Dixon Trail is the first purpose-built “wildfire resilient neighborhood” in the United States. Making that a reality for the millions of Californians who already live in harm’s way is a daunting and costly challenge that lawmakers are only just beginning to grapple with.

In their April 23 meeting, the Elk Grove City Council approved a $4.2 million loan to help fund an affordable senior housing project.

A loan of $3.3 million was approved by the Elk Grove City Council to help fund the phase 1 development of the 240-unit Sheldon Farms North affordable housing project.

California uses Medicaid to pay for a range of nontraditional health care services, including housing. The Trump administration wants to scale back those programs.

In an effort to expedite new housing construction, the City of Sacramento is fast tracking the permitting, inspection and approval pipeline.

California Senate Housing Committee Chair Aisha Wahab is a staunch progressive who is clashing with pro-development activists and other Democrats who want to build more, faster.

A 312-unit multi-story market-rate apartment complex planned for development on Alhambra Boulevard at C and D Streets is causing concern about traffic, height and loss of privacy in adjacent neighborhoods.

At the current pace, Sacramento Mayor Kevin McCarty says it will take 300 years to build enough housing for local homeless.

In their April 8 meeting, the Sacramento City Council approved funding and voted to proceed with a project to build 52 new affordable units in a five story apartment building next to the site of the Central Sacramento Studios development on 11th street.

A handful of legislators rallied near the state Capitol Thursday to promote what they’re calling an “extremely unsexy,” but important, bipartisan bill package intended to put California’s housing development into overdrive.

Plans include 95 single-family homes and 115 affordable apartments on Fong Ranch Road in South Natomas.

A number of bills are making their way through the state legislature with the goal of reducing red tape and fast tracking construction of new housing.

In the recurring legislative fight between YIMBY legislators and defenders of California’s signature environmental law, one bill could be a final legislative showdown.

A $5 billion pot of federal money set aside to help people on the verge of homelessness pay the rent is running out of cash — and no one has a plan to keep the roughly 60,000 renters, more than 15,000 of them in California — from losing their housing after the last dollar is spent.

A vacant parcel owned by the City of Sacramento in North previously planned for a community center may instead be sold for development of affordable housing. Read on for details.

Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to see tangible results from the $6.4 billion mental health bond voters approved last year. Moving fast carries a risk of neglecting under-resourced communities.

Oakland Democrat Buffy Wicks said lawmakers will soon see 20 bills to speed up housing construction, along with more on energy, water and transit.

Feather River College is still reeling from the 2021 Dixie Fire, which destroyed hundreds of homes in the surrounding community and warped the housing market. The college is one of many schools that have tried — and failed — to secure state grants to build more student housing.

Each year, legislation aimed at better wildfire mitigation fails – often due to cost or conflict with environmental regulations.

Read on for details about a report on the 2-year Yolo County Basic Income Program which ended in April 2024.

A passel of recent California laws were supposed to supercharge the construction of desperately needed housing. According to YIMBY Law, they haven’t even come close.

Read on to learn more about Habitat for Humanity of Greater Sacramento and the seven local families who recently took ownership of the houses they helped build.

In a dispute over whether he can convert his three-story condominium’s garage into its own ground-floor apartment, one Carlsbad resident is waging a battle against his homeowners association.

The timing could not have been better — or worse.

Against the recommendation of his staff experts, California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara denied a request from State Farm to green light “emergency” rate increases for insurance policy holders.

In the wake of the Los Angeles fires, State Farm asked for an “emergency” premium increase of 22% on average for California homeowners. Lara today denied the request pending more information.

Read on to learn how a $5.85 million state grant is funding a City of Sacramento pilot program to place up to 100 encampment households into apartments.

Read on to learn more about the Capital Area Development Authority plans to build affordable housing on R Street in Sacramento.

State Farm, which already has rate increase requests pending, asked state officials to approve more insurance price increases.