by Stephanie Picard Bowen | Nov 18, 2023 | Generation Housing - In The News
Developers say more housing will bring life back to downtown Santa Rosa. Why the emphasis now? Read the full article here.
by Stephanie Picard Bowen | Sep 29, 2023 | Generation Housing - In The News
“In every single meeting, no matter who convened it, we were shining a light on a preexisting problem,” says Jen Klose, who was then serving as Santa Rosa School Board President and who now serves as Executive Director of Generation Housing (Gen H), a grassroots...
by Stephanie Picard Bowen | Sep 27, 2023 | Generation Housing - In The News
A coalition of Bay Area officials and affordable housing developers is working to advance a bond to next November’s ballot that could accelerate affordable housing construction across the nine-county region through an unprecedented influx of taxpayer cash. The funding...
by Stephanie Picard Bowen | Aug 4, 2023 | Generation Housing - In The News
Renters in Sonoma and Napa counties have seen soaring rental prices over the past few years with little relief predicted anytime soon. It’s meant dramatic personal choices for many renters: Do they take on a roommate? Move back in with parents? Perhaps pick up a...
by Stephanie Picard Bowen | May 14, 2023 | Generation Housing - In The News
Sonoma County’s population declined for a sixth consecutive year in 2022, the state Department of Finance reported this week. And while it may seem counterintuitive, there’s still an acute shortage of workforce housing across the county, despite the loss of about...
by Stephanie Picard Bowen | May 14, 2023 | Generation Housing - In The News
The backdrop to the summit was a crisis. Sonoma County’s housing system is so strained — essentially because there is too little supply, especially of affordable housing, to meet demand — that it makes life tough for many residents and is undermining the county in...