California Department of Housing and Community Development
San Jose Taps Episcopal Community Services to Convert $22.9MM Arena Hotel Shelter Into Permanent Housing
San Jose is moving to hand the Arena Hotel, the 90-room interim shelter it bought with state Homekey and Measure E money in...
Replacement Parking Blows $19MM–$45MM Holes in Menlo Park’s Downtown Housing Bids
A Menlo Park–commissioned financial review found that Alliant Communities, Presidio Bay Ventures and a Related California–Alta Housing team each face funding gaps of...
MidPen Housing Celebrates Framing of 71-Unit Cypress Point Affordable Community in Moss Beach
Nearly four decades after the site was first zoned for housing, MidPen Housing celebrated the framing of 71 affordable homes on San Mateo's...
Housing Groups Sue San Francisco and State to Void 1,900-Parcel Industrial Carve-Out From SB 79
Three pro-housing legal organizations have asked a San Francisco judge to void the city's Senate Bill 79 implementation ordinance, arguing that the roughly...
Brisbane Baylands Returns to Planning Commission Aug. 13, Weeks After State Revokes City’s Housing Compliance
Brisbane's Planning Commission will take up the Baylands Specific Plan and Final Environmental Impact Report on Aug. 13, its seventh hearing on the...
San Francisco Clears 75-Year Ground Lease for $160MM, 187-Unit LGBTQ Senior Housing Tower at 1939 Market Street
San Francisco has cleared a key hurdle for a 15-story, 187-unit affordable senior housing tower at 1939 Market Street, handing Mercy Housing California...
California Sues Half Moon Bay and Turlock in Five-City Housing Element Enforcement Sweep
State housing regulators hauled Half Moon Bay and Turlock into court over years-overdue housing plans, the Northern California front of a five-city enforcement...
Mountain View Lands $50MM State Award to Anchor 268-Unit Affirmed Housing Project and Caltrain Upgrades
Mountain View captured the largest affordable housing grant in its history, a $50 million state award that will bankroll a 268-unit complex on...
Residents Buy 82-Space Alisal Country Estates Mobile Home Park in Salinas for $12MM
The residents of Salinas' 82-space Alisal Country Estates Mobile Home Park have collectively purchased the property for $12 million, converting a rented-land community...
California Strips Brisbane of Local Control After City Misses Rezoning Deadline on 660-Acre Baylands Project
State housing regulators have decertified the San Mateo County city of Brisbane after it failed to rezone the sprawling Baylands redevelopment on time,...
EPACANDO and MidPen Housing Celebrate Grand Opening of 136 Affordable Homes in East Palo Alto
EAST PALO ALTO, CA, May 22, 2026—Community partners and public- and private-sector stakeholders came together this week to celebrate the Grand Opening of...
San Francisco Mayor Strikes Grand Bargain to Unstick Housing, Slashing Inclusionary Rate to 5%
Lurie and Supervisor Melgar pair a deep cut in affordable unit requirements with a charter amendment that would more than double the city's...
