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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…
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,…
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…
MANY PROJECTS IN THE PIPELINE…Still a long way to go Halfway through the year, Marin has a large increase in the number of housing units in process, but we’re still very far from resolving our housing crisis. MEHC thanks everyone who has attended a meeting, sent an email, supported a project, or passed along housing news. Your advocacy…
by Chris Logan, Partnership for Bay Future Fellow , County of Marin Community Development Agency Before we lose diversity, workers, and quality of life… we must act now. Rooted in Marin: Strategies for Anti-Displacement is a collaboration between the Cities, Towns, and County of Marin. Read or download the report here. Low-income and rent-burdened households are at…
On May 22, 2025 HCD sent a letter to Sausalito certifying their amended Housing Element. You can read the letter below:
Currently, the US and Canada are alone in the world in requiring that apartment buildings over 3 stories have two stairway exits. This makes small apartment buildings (4-6 stories or with small floor plates) very inefficient and expensive to build, as two exits requires a hallway through the building. This is a key reason why apartment buildings are…
We are woefully behind on progress toward our housing goals Marin’s sixth 8-year Housing Element Cycle officially kicked off January 31, 2024. Every April, the county and each local city and town must publish an Annual Progress Report (APR) documenting progress toward achieving assigned housing goals (“RHNA,” or Regional Housing Needs Allocation). Marin, as a whole,…
The Pt. Reyes Seashore settlement will cause loss of housing and employment for many farmworker families. – Agnes Cho, consultant and project manager,Community Land Trust of West Marin (CLAM) A West Marin community leader recently shared this comment with me: “In West Marin, finding housing is like winning a golden ticket.” Her offhand statement stuck with me, because…
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