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Written by Lucie Hollingsworth, Director of Policy, Legal Aid of Marin Nearly a year after a dozen households — more than 40 residents, including 17 children — were unceremoniously displaced from the condemned Romar Court Apartments, the Novato City Council took rare proactive action. On April 28, 2026, the Council adopted a strengthened just cause tenant…
Three Years In, Less Than 10% Complete: Marin Falls Further Behind Every 8 years, each California county, city and town must update its Housing Element to assure that it enables development of sufficient new housing to satisfy requirements assigned to it by a regional agency. These requirements are known as Regional Housing Needs Allocations or…
Written by Lucie Hollingsworth, Senior Housing Attorney and Policy Director, Legal Aid of Marin Welcome to a new year of housing legislation! For the third year in a row, we’re back to report on how our state legislators did to make California a more equitable and just state for all. Many will agree, despite an…
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…
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