October 18, 2017
Reuters: U.S. Housing Starts Hit One-year Low; Building Permits Tumble
The report on Wednesday from the Commerce Department also showed a decline in building permits, raising concerns that the housing market…
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Curbed SF: Northern California Wildfires: Santa Rosa Loses 5 percent of Scarce Housing Stock
Fire damage leaves desperate home-seekers with few options. By Adam Brinklow
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California Budget & Policy Center: Understanding the Recently Enacted 2017 State Legislative Housing Package
California’s housing affordability crisis was a primary focus of the California Legislature in 2017, culminating with Governor Brown signing into law…
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Capital Public Radio: Dept. of Housing and Community Development Director Ben Metcalf
(Audio) California’s Housing and Community Development Director Ben Metcalf joins Insight to discuss the forces driving the state’s housing crisis, what…
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Sacramento Bee: Wildfires Raise Fear of a “Mass Exodus” by Residents Unable to Afford Housing
The fast-moving fires that ripped through Northern California last week worsened a problem North Bay officials have struggled with for the…
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Los Angeles Times: California’s Housing Costs Are Driving Its Citizens into Poverty. Lawmakers Need to Act Now
If California lawmakers needed another reason to pass legislation to address the state’s housing crisis, the U.S. Census Bureau has provided…
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