by Stephanie Picard Bowen | Aug 18, 2024 | Generation Housing - In The News, We Are GenH
This past week, the Bay Area Housing Financing Authority voted to remove Regional Measure 4 from the Nov. 5 ballot. This decision at least postponed the opportunity to generate billions for regional housing solutions. Removal of the measure is a stark reminder that we...
by Stephanie Picard Bowen | Aug 14, 2024 | Generation Housing - In The News
A $20 billion Bay Area-wide bond that promised over a billion dollars for affordable housing in Sonoma and Napa counties has been pulled from the November ballot, dashing hopes of addressing the region’s worsening housing crisis. Read the full article...
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...
