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Written by Jessie Rountree, Marin Resilience Manager, Greenbelt Allianceand Carmela Davis, Housing Specialist, Call Marin Home Fire-resilient housing can be part of the solution Critics of more housing in Marin often claim “more housing will create more wildfire risk to me and my community.” As longtime residents of Marin County, we share concern about fire…
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…
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…
SHOULD WE BUILD HOUSING ON UNDERUTILIZED, LOW-LYING SITES NEAR THE COAST The issue, potential solutions, what we can do now. — Written by MEHC Board Members Diana Benitez and Gail Napell. THE ISSUE: Sea level is rising It’s undeniable: the sea is rising around us. Every property near and on the shoreline — private…
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