In case you missed some of the key news items of the last few weeks on local housing, Generation Housing has procured a bevy of news articles from around Sonoma County.
Santa Rosa is the 14th least affordable US city to buy a new home, according to report | Press Democrat
“According to a recent report by the investment analysis site, AdvisorSmith, Santa Rosa is the 14th least affordable U.S. city for homebuyers and over one-third (18 out of 50) of the nation’s most unaffordable cities are located in California.
Of the 507 metropolitan areas studied, San Francisco was the least affordable with Santa Cruz coming in second, San Jose in third, Napa in eleventh and Ukiah, surprisingly, in fifteenth.”
Sonoma County advances bid to purchase hotel for homeless quarters | Press Democrat
“Sonoma County on Thursday agreed to to take a closer look at the potential purchase of a 42-room hotel in downtown Santa Rosa that would be modified and used to house the area’s COVID-vulnerable homeless population. The decision comes as county officials respond to Sonoma State University’s refusal to allow the county to continue housing unsheltered people in student dorms.”
Funding Northern California affordable housing is hard enough in normal times. Now there’s the coronavirus | North Bay Business Journal
“With redevelopment funds a thing of the past, housing funds are harder to come by. Some cities have no new construction housing funds. We had to secure Sonoma County funding (HEAP and county fund for housing), VASH vouchers through the City of Santa Rosa Housing Authority, City of Petaluma funding, Affordable Housing Program funding through the Federal Home Loan Bank, a grant from HOME Depot and Project-based Section 8 vouchers from the County of Sonoma.”
BZA backs mobile home park closure, winery expansion | Sonoma Index-Tribune
“It was an affordable housing project that drew the most attention from the 5-member board – South Bay developer Milestone Housing is proposing the closure of a small RV trailer park in Boyes Hot Springs, relocating the residents to other similar facilities, then building a 90-plus apartment unit it its place.”
New affordable housing development comes to the Bay Area | Building Design and Construction
“MBH Architects, in collaboration with Jon Worden Architects, has designed a new affordable housing project that provides low-cost rentals low-income families and seniors in the heart of Sonoma County.”