by Stephanie Picard Bowen | Jan 9, 2022 | Generation Housing - In The News
The nonprofit Generation Housing Sonoma County, a Santa Rosa-based local affordable housing advocacy group*,sent the commission a letter on Dec. 23 expressing its “strongest support for the immediate approval” of the project on Asti Road, north of Railroad Avenue, in...
by Stephanie Picard Bowen | Jan 4, 2022 | Generation Housing - In The News
Ethan Brown, interim executive director for the Sonoma County Economic Development Board. Q: Do you foresee any improvement in affordable housing so more workers will be able to live in Sonoma County? A: We are seeing great strides in efforts among local cities to...
by Stephanie Picard Bowen | Dec 30, 2021 | Generation Housing - In The News
Cal Weeks, policy director for housing advocacy group Generation Housing, said “from Day 1” city officials have been “transparent” in seeking to limit the implementation of the new law. “Comments (from planning commissioners in recent meetings) smack of anti-housing...
by Stephanie Picard Bowen | Dec 18, 2021 | Generation Housing - In The News
Charging developers an additional fee would hurt the county’s marginalized and lower-income residents most and benefit those who already have homes, said Jen Klose, executive director of the advocacy group Generation Housing. “Slowing development through raising cost...
by Stephanie Picard Bowen | Dec 16, 2021 | Generation Housing - In The News
“A lack of affordably priced housing has long been a seemingly intractable issue for Sonoma County. But after the 2017 wildfires — which destroyed over 5,300 homes countywide, including 5% of Santa Rosa’s total housing stock — it became a full-blown crisis. So...
by Stephanie Picard Bowen | Nov 11, 2021 | Generation Housing - In The News
Housing to meet the needed Sonoma County workforce in the future will require building at least 58,000 units by 2030, according to experts at a business conference Wednesday. It is “a big challenge, but it’s doable,” said Generation Housing Executive Director Jen...
