affordable housing

March 11, 2024

Marin Independent Journal: Bay Area affordable housing bond measure is right for county plans

Marin residents want more affordable housing. The county’s 2023 community survey confirmed that housing is our top issue. While longtime community resistance to housing in Marin is well-known, it is slowly changing.
April 10, 2024

Mercury News: Affordable housing falls victim to California’s insurance crisis

Nearly a year ago, State Farm stopped issuing new insurance policies for homes and businesses in California, accelerating a tsunami of major insurance company departures. At the time, the most obvious impacts of these withdrawals were on single-family homeowners. But the repercussions have extended much further. Without progress toward stabilizing the insurance industry in California, housing for lower-income renters is in urgent jeopardy as well. The consequences for nonprofits and other smaller landlords that provide affordable housing in the form…
April 10, 2024

Eden Housing: Q&A with Amie Fishman, Executive Director of NPH

Amie Fishman has dedicated her entire career toward affordable housing. She has led NPH since 2015, spearheading its expansion into innovative electoral strategies, public campaigns and industry-strengthening initiatives.
April 25, 2024

San Francisco Business Times: Holy housing: Two of three new affordable projects in Oakland are on church-owned land

Two of the three projects are being developed on church-owned land and could be taking advantage of new state legislation that streamlines affordable development on such properties.