Policy Advocacy
Overview
Generation Housing convenes, organizes, and builds bridges between various stakeholder groups to align their efforts in support of housing development. Generation Housing is a fierce advocate for policies, programs, land use, and funding that will lead to an increased supply of housing. Generation Housing continues to grow an educated and responsive action network to support pro-housing policies and Gen H-endorsed housing development projects.
38,000 units are currently needed in Sonoma County, which would be 6,500+ per year, but the County is currently only permitting an average of 880 units per year.
A certain number of housing units, at various levels of affordability, are needed to meet the North Bay’s current and future housing needs – and the gap between current inventory and what is actually needed grew even larger due to the wildfires. It will ‘take a village’ to reach this goal, with all parts of the system needing strong capacity in order to develop an adequate supply.
For more info, contact Policy Director Calum Weeks, at calum@generationhousing.org.
Generation Housing advocates for an increase in the supply, diversity, and affordability of housing in the North Bay. Our advocacy focuses on identifying common ground for alignment that can deliver results for our community.
Generation Housing promotes housing policies that are consistent with our guiding principles in helping increase the supply, diversity, and affordability of housing in the North Bay.
