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June 22, 2015
Rent control is a hot topic in the Bay Area right now and preservation strategies are an important part of the mix when looking at solutions to the affordable housing crisis. NPH feels it is important for communities to look at what is happening in their area and to use the solutions that best meet their needs. From 2007-2015, San Francisco gained 4,978 affordable units, but lost 3,278 for a net gain for only 1,700 affordable homes. Preserving affordable housing is important…
August 4, 2015
Interested in learning more about rent control, its history in California and model ordinances to help guide California cities who are considering rent control? Check out the latest Rent Control Toolkit from Tenants Together.
August 4, 2015
There are a range of anti-displacement and affordable housing preservation tools such as no-net loss laws, condo conversion ordinances, just cause/fair rent eviction protections, limits on capital improvement and debt service pass throughs, and preservation of expiring deed-restricted homes. NPH supports our partners’ efforts to curb displacement and keep the Bay Area a diverse and vibrant region. Please contact our partners at Public Advocates, Public Interest Law Project, and Silicon Valley Law Foundation for more information on these tools. For more information on San…
August 20, 2015
If you’re looking for more information on San Francisco’s Housing Balance, please review the data, charts and narrative provided by our partners at the Council of Community Housing Organizations (CCHO) in their District Housing Snapshots 2014. In anticipation of the release of SF Planning’s Housing Balance Report, CCHO put together the Snapshots of each of the 11 supervisorial districts in the City, in an effort to show readers where affordable housing is being produced and lost in neighborhoods across the…
April 5, 2016
Senator Leno’s Housing Opportunities Act Approved by Judiciary Committee On Tuesday, March 29, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved Senator Mark Leno’s SB 1053, the Housing Opportunities Act. This critical equity and anti-displacement legislation would prohibit landlords from refusing applications from renters who wish to use a Housing Choice Voucher, Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (VASH) voucher or other federal, state or local tenant-based rental subsidy. NPH is a cosponsor of this bill along with the Western Center on Law & Poverty.…
April 19, 2016
Read this powerful Op-Ed, featured in the East Bay Times, from NPH Executive Director Amie Fishman and East Bay Housing Organization’s Executive Director Gloria Bruce. Fishman and Bruce offer the proposed $500 million affordable housing bond as a tool to help Alameda residents facing rising rents, astronomical home prices and displacement across the county. Read the Op-Ed here. This Op-Ed was also featured in The Mercury News, found here.
July 29, 2016
NPH won big victories for affordable housing yesterday as the Metropolitan Transportation Commission voted to amend the One Bay Area Grant, a $916 million regional transportation funding program.
October 19, 2016
On October 14th the Joint Planning and Administrative Committees of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) and the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) met to hear feedback on Plan Bay Area 2040, a long range plan which will direct over $309 billion worth of federal, state, and regional transportation investments through 2040. Both MTC Commissioners and ABAG Board members spoke favorably of including implementation actions in the Plan to address the Bay Area’s affordable housing and displacement crises – an…