Yolo County Housing Articles

The City of West Sacramento, Raise the Barr, Brinshore Development, Operative Office and Yolo County Housing Authority celebrated the grand opening of The Huddle on 5th, an 18-unit apartment complex located at 221 5th St. in West Sacramento on Oct. …

Resident Robyn Davis has an issue living by the rules here.Original article published at West Sacramento News-Ledger

Small, less-expensive readymade homes could buy time as the state continues to struggle with homelessness and high building costs.  By Mark Kreidler, Capital & Main...

Affordable housing here appears lush with the addition of Evergreen Apartments. Original article published at West Sacramento News-Ledger

UC Davis will break ground on a new residence hall next spring in the Segundo area, following approval this week by the UC Board of RegentsOriginal article published at West Sacramento News-Ledger

Grant of $25,000 from the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation Community Fund Ensures Local Under-Resourced Transition Age Foster Youth Can Become Successful First-Time RentersOriginal article published at West Sacramento News-Ledger

The California housing crisis is not only weakening the state politically at the national level, it could shift the political balance in Washington, D.C., as Republican-led states add population while California’s exodus continues.

Sutter Health Gives to Vulnerable Populations in West SacramentoOriginal article published at West Sacramento News-Ledger

Some of California’s top lawmakers want to clear up, but also rein in, the “builder’s remedy.”

By: Barbara Archer, City of Davis

A once-groundbreaking nonprofit working with chronically homeless people in California’s capital closed and filed for bankruptcy in 2023.

The California Environmental Quality Act, CEQA, is both the state’s signature environmental legislation, and is also often named as the villain in the state’s housing shortage. But the story may not be that simple.

In NYT’s “The Farmers Had What the Billionaires Wanted,” we meet a man who wants to build a city in the middle of nowhere, and folks who are slowing him down.

California Forever, the company behind a proposed new city in Solano County, will submit a ballot measure seeking an exemption from local laws to allow development on the massive project to proceed.

The highest court in the land will soon decide how much leeway cities and counties have in offsetting new construction with fees to pay for infrastructure.

San Francisco provides all tenants facing eviction access to an attorney. Across the Bay, in Contra Costa County, it’s a different story. Two tenants’ stories show the difference a lawyer can make.

California lawmakers made an effort in 2023 to remove red tape around new affordable houses, but obstacles such as high interest rates, sluggish local approval processes and a shortage of skilled construction workers remain.

The state has hundreds of millions to spend on affordable housing. Developers say they need billions.

Local officials counted on the state’s Homekey program to convert hotel rooms. But now a major developer has defaulted on loans and the state housing department is investigating.

California’s rent cap doesn’t apply to some kinds of low-income housing, which has its own rules. But with inflation, some tenants have gotten much higher rent increases, even though affordable units were built with taxpayer subsidies.