Tahoe Truckee Region Local Housing News Articles

Land Use & Development Housing Government

How San Diego Hacked State Housing Law to Build ADU ‘Apartment Buildings’

11/27/2023
A 2021 state law has radically changed the housing equation in San Diego. Advocates, developers, and policymakers are split on whether it should be exported to other jurisdictions.

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Business, Economy & Jobs Housing

Trying to Meet Needs: Resorts Providing More Housing Options for Employees

11/26/2023
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In an effort to lure front-line seasonal resort employees, as well as provide lodging options for key year-round employees, major ski resorts in Northern Nevada and Northern California have added a variety of housing assets to their real estate holdings.

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Elections & Politics Housing Government

Rivas Shakes Up Legislative Leadership: Winners and Losers

11/24/2023
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Affordable housing advocates got a boost in the speaker’s new legislative lineup.

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COVID-19 Homelessness Housing Community Service & Support Government

End of Pandemic Ban Sends Renter Evictions Soaring

11/20/2023
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A year after COVID-era eviction ban ended, renters face losing their homes at soaring rates.

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Land Use & Development Housing Tahoe Regional Planning Agency

Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Committee Advances Affordable Housing Policies to Dec. Governing Board Meeting

11/20/2023

The Regional Planning Committee of the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Governing Board advanced policy changes designed to help create more affordable housing, which will go before the full board on Dec. 13.

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Homelessness Housing

LA Hotel Housing Story

11/14/2023
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Hollywood hotel receives more than twice what it would for renting rooms to city of Los Angeles rather than long-term tenants

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Business, Economy & Jobs Housing

California Isn’t Losing Residents Everywhere

11/06/2023
Redfin data shows that tens of thousands of more people look to leave California than buy homes in the Golden State. There’s an exception, however: the Sacramento region, which remains one of the hottest homebuying markets in the country.

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Housing Community Service & Support Habitat for Humanity Nevada County

Habitat for Humanity Raises Funds, Awareness for Homeownership

10/19/2023
This year, with the help of sponsors, donors, and attendees of its Street of Dreams fundraiser, Nevada County Habitat For Humanity raised more than $100,000.

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Homelessness Housing Community Service & Support Government

Tiny Homes for the Homeless—Do They Help Solve the Problem?

10/18/2023
Tiny homes are increasingly California cities’ shelter option of choice — but how far they go in solving homelessness is a contentious question.

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California’s $5.2 Billion Rent Relief Fund Running Low on Cash

10/07/2023
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Despite previous statements, the housing department now says not everyone who applied for rental assistance will get it.

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Housing City of South Lake Tahoe

Construction of Sugar Pine Village Underway; Mayor, Councilmember Tour Site

10/06/2023
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The construction of new affordable housing at Sugar Pine Village in South Lake Tahoe is progressing.

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Environment Housing Community Service & Support Government

Public Utilities Commission to Vote on Plan That Could Make it Harder to Power Homes With Solar

10/05/2023
The CPUC is considering a rule that would gut the payments that solar panels on apartment buildings receive, and many housing groups are blazing mad about it.

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New Plan to Fix Home Insurance Crisis: What You Need to Know

09/22/2023
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Insurance commissioner proposes his own plan after legislature punts on fixing crisis

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Business, Economy & Jobs Housing Government

Multiple Pieces of Legislation Would Give Developers Much Freer Hand to Build Affordable Housing

09/18/2023
A patchwork of bills are giving housing developers and local governments more options to reduce red tape for housing projects.

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Business, Economy & Jobs Land Use & Development Housing City of South Lake Tahoe

Taxing Vacation Homes? Citizens in South Lake Tahoe Eye Ballot Measure

09/17/2023
Locals for Affordable Housing aims to place a voter initiative on the November 2024 ballot modeled after Berkeley’s vacancy tax, which requires owners of homes that sit vacant more than six months to pay $3,000 for the first year and $6,000 every year after.

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Education Land Use & Development Housing Government

Legislative Fix Would Save Student Housing at Some California Community Colleges

09/05/2023
A June budget deal required community colleges to raise their own money to build affordable student housing. Some campuses said that plan prevented them from building the dorms, even with help from the state to pay the debt.

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Education Land Use & Development Housing Government

New UC Berkeley Housing Law Won’t Yet Clear the Way to Build Dorms, Even if Approved

08/29/2023
Assemblymember Buffy Wicks proposed legislation to help get around a court's rejection of a UC Berkeley housing plan. But even if the law is approved, its fate is in the hands of the state Supreme Court.

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Housing Advocates ‘Infuriated’ as Human Noise Pollution Blocks Projects

08/18/2023
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Court ruling that “loud student parties” are pollution stops a second housing development.

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Housing

California Has Lost People and Gained Homes. Why Is There Still a Housing Crisis?

08/16/2023
Hans Johnson, an expert in domestic migration, housing, and population projections, explains the state’s population shift and how it’s impacted the housing market.

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Economy & Jobs Housing Crisis & Personal Support Government

8 Months After Storms, California Disaster Relief Flows Slowly to Undocumented Workers Who Lost Homes, Income

08/15/2023
Gov. Gavin Newsom promised $95 million would help undocumented workers rebuild after winter storms and floods. Months later, $18 million is being doled out and there are translation issues with the state’s website.

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