April 13, 2021

Affordable Housing Finance: TNDC’s Falk to Step Down

Don Falk, the longtime leader of the Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corp. (TNDC), has announced that he will be retiring from the organization. “The change is good for TNDC, and the change is good for me,” says Falk, who has been instrumental as the small grassroots organization has grown into a national leader in providing supportive housing. During his tenure, TNDC has grown from owning fewer than 500 homes to more than 4,000 units, housing nearly 6,000 people, with another 1,000 units in…
April 29, 2021

The Mercury News: Bay Area gets more housing funds, local mayors warn it’s not enough

After excluding the Bay Area’s largest cities from a key pot of affordable housing funding — prompting a major backlash from local officials — the state is changing its rules. The mayors of Oakland, San Jose and San Francisco had sounded the alarm after no projects in their cities received funding from a little-known committee that plays a key role in housing finance in California.  On Wednesday, the committee agreed to change how it allocates future financing. But local experts worry it’s…
April 30, 2021

The Policy Pipeline: April 30, 2021

To stay on top of all of our legislative updates, sign up for The Policy Pipeline newsletter today! Coming down the pipeline in this month’s edition: Legislation for Homelessness and Housing Moves Ahead! We are thrilled to share that two of NPH’s policy priorities have recently advanced: As always, NPH needs your help moving these critical housing policies forward in California. Endorse our priority legislation now! Your endorsement of NPH’s priority bills helps us make the case for more affordable…
May 6, 2021

RELEASE: New Reports on Bay Area Housing Costs Demonstrates Need for CA Legislature and State Budget to Prioritize Affordable Housing Now

May 6, 2021 (San Francisco Bay Area) – In anticipation of the release of Governor Gavin Newsom’s May Revision to the 2021-22 state budget proposal, and as affordable housing advocates and supporters across the Bay Area kickoff Affordable Housing Month, a new set of reports from California Housing Partnership provides a glimpse into the reality of people living and working severely housing cost-burdened in the Bay Area.  The new data show that a significant majority of the Bay Area’s extremely…