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Housing Elements Update
ByCarmela Davis June 2, 2024April 7, 2025

RHNA Tracking and Housing Element ImplementationJurisdictions will need significant resources to meet commitments Marin’s 6th Housing Element Cycle officially kicked off Jan 31, 2024. Although several Marin cities and towns are still finalizing their housing elements, all jurisdictions must still take action to meet their state housing goals (RHNA, the Regional Housing Needs Allocation). Every April, each jurisdiction…

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Policy | Tenant Protections

Updated Tenant Protections List
ByCarmela Davis May 30, 2024May 30, 2024

As more jurisdictions implement and update their tenant protections, this list will reflect those changes. MEHC supports tenant protections. Unincorporated Marin (Just Cause) San Rafael (Just Cause) Fairfax (Rent Stabilization and Just Cause) State Renter Protections (Rent Stabilization and Just Cause) Larkspur (Rent Stabilization and Just Cause)

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Featured | Learn | Perspective | Policy | Traffic

Housing and Traffic
ByCarmela Davis April 21, 2024June 17, 2024

HOUSING AND TRAFFIC: Growth restrictions have displaced workers by Warren Wells We’ve all heard that California, and Marin in particular, are facing a severe housing crisis. Home values and apartment rents keep rising, leading owners to cash out and renters to be pushed out. We’ve heard from politicians that we need to build more to keep…

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BAHFA | Learn | Policy

Transform: An Overview of the Positive Climate Impact of the Affordable Housing Bond
ByCarmela Davis April 21, 2024April 21, 2024

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BAHFA | Featured | Learn | Perspective | Policy | State Legislation

What the BAHFA?
ByCarmela Davis March 6, 2024March 6, 2024

A short primer on affordable housing, BAHFA and BAHA, and potentially game-changing funding! Marinites overwhelmingly want more affordable housing.According to the Marin County 2023 Community Survey, it is the #1 issue that Marinites would like our local governments to address. But how can we build more affordable housing? And what does this have to do with the…

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A Primer on Affordable Housing
ByJenny Silva February 15, 2024

There have always been portions of the population unable to afford market rate housing. At one time, the government directly financed, owned and managed housing projects for these populations, commonly referred to as public housing. While the government still manages some housing projects it often doesn’t do a good job at this – just look…

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BAHFA | Featured | Learn | Perspective | Policy | State Legislation | Tenant Protections

California legislative wins: a review
ByCarmela Davis January 29, 2024February 16, 2024

Happy New Year, fellow housing nerds and policy wonks!There is a lot to catch up on! The 2023 California legislative season ended in October with record-setting housing activity, November was for equal parts pats-on-the-back and wound-licking, and December was the time to rest and get ready to start the maddening but addictingly fun process all over…

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Featured | front page | Housing Element | Policy

Housing Element Update – Dec 2023
ByJenny Silva December 16, 2023December 17, 2023

Another important date in the housing element process is just around the corner. Jurisdictions that did not have their housing elements certified by May 31, 2023 must have all housing element rezonings completed by January 31st, 2024. Only Sausalito was certified by May 31, 2023, so they will have until January 2026 to complete their…

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Lawsuits | Policy

Lawsuits and Housing Production
ByJenny Silva September 2, 2023September 15, 2023

Marin County has had the lowest rate of housing production in the Bay Area for over 50 years. Exclusionary zoning rules and creation of open space have slowed production, but arguably, lawsuits have been an even larger factor. Marin famously kicked off the conservation movement and the use of lawsuits to block development in the…

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Featured | Housing Element | Policy

Housing Element Tracker
ByCarmela Davis August 21, 2023October 27, 2024

Every local government in the San Francisco Bay Area was required by law to update their Housing Element by January 31, 2023. The Housing Element requires each jurisdiction to plan for a state-determined number of housing units (called the Regional Housing Needs Allocation or the RHNA). HCD, a state level agency, must certify that the…

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