Bay Area Housing Crisis
A housing crisis is one of the major problems facing the Bay Area. A lack of affordable housing, soaring rental prices, high home prices and a growing homelessness problem have all fueled the crisis.
TL;DR
- A developer is more than doubling homes and adding three stories to a San Francisco housing project.
- A Bay Area city has sued a property owner to expedite a housing project.
- A woman paid $30,000 to rent a home from a deceased UC Berkeley professor.
- Tenant advocates worry about residents being displaced despite San Francisco's tenant protections.
- San Francisco is establishing a formal process to certify artists for affordable housing.
- Elderly tenants in an Oakland Section 8 building are organizing to improve conditions.