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On January 29th, Call Marin Home gathered more than 60 community leaders to discuss housing and the priorities of a new and exciting coalition to support the 3 Ps of housing — Production, Preservation and Protection, our guiding lights moving forward. All of the coalition members agreed that the ‘“3 P” approach is needed to…
Grace Hughes is the CEO/President of Marin Airporter. She sits as a member on several organizations’ boards, including: Board of Trustees at Marin Community Foundation (MCF), Marin Community Clinics, EAH. She also participates with the County Blue Ribbon Task Force on Homelessness and Tam Union High School District oversight committee.
George is a former real estate attorney, developer, investor and advisor, and was the founding Executive Director of the Center for Creative Land Recycling. He has developed over 500 single-family homes, renovated 4.500 multi-family units, and built a headquarters complex for Visa. He has been an active member of the Urban Land Institute and its…
West Marin Housing Solutions has released a 2026 progress dashboard. You can read the full report here. “The Growing Together: Advancing Housing Solutions for Workers in West Marin report was released in September 2024. It identified a number of key findings — an insufficient supply of quality affordable housing; rental housing that is in poor…
On March 2, 2026 the County Planning Commissioners reviewed the 2025 APR. You can view the APR data in the staff report. We sent the following letter on March 2, 2026 commenting on the progress made, and proposed tactics the County could implement to increase permitting. You can read our letter here: Dear Planning Commissioners,…
Lizzy Stahl joined Call Marin Home as a Program Manager in 2026. She manages and supports the coalition and contributes policy analysis and advocacy. A native of Marin, Lizzy spent many years in Washington, DC working on overseas community development projects. She specialized in creating systems and tools for results measurement, accountability, and learning across…
Marin is changing. For many years, MEHC (Marin Environmental Housing Collaborative) was one of the few organizational supporters of affordable housing. Now, many Marin organizations, leaders and residents recognize that we are in a housing crisis. Marin’s average home price is $1.7 million — unaffordable to the vast majority of residents. We are experiencing the…
It’s OFFICIAL! Call Marin Home, Marin’s new housing coalition, is launched! Our annual Friendraiser on October 30th opened the next chapter for the Marin Environmental Housing Collaborative. We announced that MEHC is now Call Marin Home, the coordinating force behind a new Marin housing coalition. For the last 18 years, MEHC has been going alone in our housing advocacy….
Entrenched opposition continues to hamper new housing development in Marin. Marin has a serious housing shortage. This housing shortage is not due to a shortage of land. Eighty-five per cent of our land is excluded from development due to open space designations or agricultural easements. But the remaining 15% provides plenty of land for increased housing development, by…
Everyone knows that housing is very expensive in Marin and many Marinites want more affordable housing. But how do we accomplish this? When we speak up for housing, we hear concerns about whether proposed projects have enough affordable housing or whether they are affordable enough. In this month’s Perspective, we look at the various programs that address housing…