Tahoe Truckee Region Housing Digest

The Truckee Home Access Program preserves, produces, and protects homes to create places for people who work full-time in the Truckee region to live locally.

Most of what Californians experience with homelessness occurs along public spaces and city streets. But what happens when a city council member loses her home? Ojai’s Suza Francina is finding out.

The Court of Appeal issued an opinion that substantially upholds Measure T, a vacation home rental restricting measure that was narrowly passed by South Lake Tahoe voters in 2018.

The housing market appears to be cooling off in this Nevada county, according to figures released by Sierra Nevada Realtors.

Thousands of Californians who lost work during the pandemic are struggling with debt. A new settlement makes COVID rent relief available to tens of thousands of tenants.

Wildfires and expensive rebuilding wiped out their profits, California home insurers say. State Farm isn’t the first insurer to retreat from the state, and may not be the last.

The Placer County Community Development Resource Agency will host a free four-part virtual speaker series from June 1 to June 14 to provide information on options for housing in the region.

District Judge Tod Young denied a preliminary injunction against a Lakeridge homeowner who was renting his property for less than 60 days, as the requirement of irreparable harm for a preliminary injunction was not met by the Lakeridge General Improvement District.

The Washoe Tahoe Housing Partnership has released its Housing Roadmap that provides reasonable options and solutions to improve housing options.

Placer County property owners now have an opportunity to bypass lengthy review processes to build a one-, two- or three-bedroom accessory dwelling unit to house a family member or generate rental income.

California officials depend largely on residents filing complaints to find out about health and safety problems at mobile home parks. Here’s how to file a complaint.

El Dorado County District 5 Supervisor Brooke Laine is hosting a vacation home rental forum for residents of Meeks Bay, Tahoma and surrounding area from on May 25.

New numbers show that California added to its housing stock at a faster clip than any time since the Great Recession. Over that same period, the state’s population declined, marking the third year in a row that it’s fallen from one new year to the next. Does this mean the state’s perennial housing shortage could finally end? The long answer: “It’s complicated.”

The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Governing Board has unanimously approved the Lake Tahoe Community College Student Housing Project, which will provide up to 100 students on-campus affordable housing.

The Truckee Town Council on May 9 will hold a public hearing and may adopt the 2040 General Plan. The council will also consider proclaiming May as affordable housing and building safety month.

The El Dorado County Board of Supervisors passed a motion to amend four elements within the vacation home rental ordinance and also approved the creation of an advisory committee to explore more potential adjustments.

The South Lake Tahoe City Council spent several hours discussing potential revenue streams to fund affordable housing, including a transient occupancy tax rate increase and a vacancy tax.

The South Lake Tahoe City Council will discuss raising the transient occupancy tax and a possible vacancy tax to help fund housing initiatives.

The Mountain Housing Council of Tahoe Truckee, a project of the Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation, launched a new housing survey for employers and employees.

Dozens of local residents came together for a public forum held by El Dorado County Supervisor Brooke Laine regarding potential amendments to the ordinance governing vacation home rentals.

The Short-Term Rental Workforce Housing Token Pilot Program is a new approach to workforce housing creation in Truckee, which is experiencing a significant shortage of housing.

For the second time in two weeks, the Vacation Home Rental Advisory Committee will be on commissioners' agenda, this time to fill a vacancy on the panel.

The Sacramento Bee has created an interactive map showing how the housing market has slowed in most California counties. While the real estate market was peaking at this time last year, things have changed, with El Dorado County experiencing the largest drop-off.

Tahoe Regional Planning Agency committee members recommended the approval of an amendment to the Washoe Tahoe Area Plan to allow high-end single-family condominiums in area originally designated single family condominiums in area originally designated for multi-family and workforce housing.

The Truckee Town Council approved their priorities and discussed their work plan for 2023-25. The previous two-year priorities included infrastructure and community connectivity, workforce housing, enhanced communication and public outreach.

Both the redlines prepared by the Vacation Home Rental Advisory Committee and changes from the March 20 planning commission meeting will be discussed April 10 at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Stateline, Nev.

American Dream TV recently announced that a 30-minute commercial-free show, “Selling Lake Tahoe,” will air locally on cable and other major streaming networks.

Lake Tahoe Community College received approval to construct a new on-campus building dedicated to student housing. The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency fully supported the 33-unit, 100-bed project.

Gov. Newsom wants to spend $300 million the first year. But falling home prices and rising mortgage rates are complicating the launch.

Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to delay state funds to student housing because of the state’s budget deficit. Lawmakers have different ideas on what kind of compromise might be reached.

The El Dorado County Board of Supervisors will receive a presentation on a vacation home rental program update.

An affordable/workforce housing project in South Lake Tahoe received $3 million from the state government.