by Stephanie Picard Bowen | Jun 18, 2024 | Generation Housing - In The News
Sonoma County officials are looking at rolling back or perhaps entirely eliminating certain kinds of development fees. They’re hoping to spur more housing construction. Like the rest of California, there’s a housing affordability crisis in Sonoma County....
by Stephanie Picard Bowen | May 29, 2024 | Generation Housing - In The News
Napa County has the second highest rate of homeownership in the Bay Area … and that’s actually *not good for alleviating the housing crisis there. A new report digs into that … and breaks down a bunch of challenges facing the county. Things like rising housing costs …...
by Stephanie Picard Bowen | May 23, 2024 | Generation Housing - In The News
A newly released report on Napa County’s housing crisis reached the not-at-all-shocking conclusion that there isn’t enough housing to meet demand. As any Econ 101 student can tell you, that’s a recipe for rapidly increasing prices and people struggling to put a roof...
by Stephanie Picard Bowen | May 21, 2024 | Generation Housing - In The News
Smaller, older households unable to downsize from larger houses, a lot of second homes — all of this and more contributes to what a new report sees as a mismatch between the Napa Valley’s housing stock and people’s needs. Napa County commissioned the...
by Stephanie Picard Bowen | May 21, 2024 | Generation Housing - In The News
Napa County is losing its younger adults and families because of a mismatch between available housing and community needs, set off by a stagnation in housing production during the 2010s, according to a 64-page, county-commissioned report released Tuesday. Exacerbating...
