Housing

Gimme Shelter podcast: The rent control war

Please subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Soundcloud, Google Play and Overcast. One housing issue will overshadow all others this election: Rent control. Matt and Liam discuss why renewed negotiations to remove a controversial rent control initiative from the ballot went nowhere, and what the campaigns will look like this fall. First, Matt proposes a solution to the Los […]

By

Matt Levin

• June 29, 2018

Housing

Homeless in California—what the data reveals

As California struggles to confront a crisis of homelessness, these numbers help illuminate the depth and breadth of the problem.

By

Victoria Cabales

• June 27, 2018

Marie Camacho’s rent at her one-bedroom Sacramento apartment is going up from $600 a month to more than $1,000 a month. She faces a possible eviction later this year. Photo by Andrew Nixon of Capital Public Radio.

Housing

Exploring the promise — and unintended consequences — of rent control

As California rents have increased, so have calls to strengthen rent control laws across the state. Voters this fall will have the chance to weigh in on a potential first step.

By

Chris Nichols, Capital Public Radio

• June 21, 2018

Housing

One symptom of California’s housing crisis? State agency says someone making $200K deserves house-buying help.

When the California Housing Finance Agency was created in 1975 in Governor Jerry Brown’s first term, the mission was simple: help low- and moderate-income families buy their first home. More than 40 years later, amid skyrocketing housing prices and near-record low homeownership rates, that goal is getting harder and harder to attain. So much so […]

By

Matt Levin

• June 14, 2018

Housing

Gimme Shelter podcast: What the primary means for housing

A grab bag of topics on this pod. First, the Avocado of the Fortnight asks what would Yeezus do about California’s housing crisis (2:00)? Then, a discussion about what the primary results mean for housing, up and down the ballot (4:00). Next a recap of what important housing bills survived major legislative deadlines. Then finally […]

By

Matt Levin

• June 8, 2018

Elections

Map: How we voted on housing issues, up and down the state

Teacher housing, new use for a race track, what to do for seniors—voters spoke on these issues and more. Here's what they said.

By

Matt Levin

• June 7, 2018

Education

Housing costs — more than tuition — are crushing California’s low-income college students

Attending a university in California can be a financial burden beyond the means of many college hopefuls. Rising tuition is compounded by the lack of affordable housing in the state and the high cost of living.

By

Vanessa Rancano, KQED

• June 7, 2018

Housing

Making San Francisco’s gritty Tenderloin safer for kids

The Tenderloin is notorious for the homelessness on its streets and open drug use and sales. But it's also one of the only affordable neighborhoods left in San Francisco and is home to hundreds of low-income and immigrant families.

By

Farida Jhabvala Romero, KQED

• May 31, 2018

Charlene Holkenbrink-Monk plays ball with her son Owen outside their San Diego apartment, May 8, 2018.

Economy

California’s high rent leaves many one crisis away from financial ruin

The state’s notoriously high housing costs are gobbling up paychecks, leaving many teetering on the brink of financial disaster.

By

Amita Sharma, KPBS

• May 29, 2018

Housing

Gimme Shelter podcast: Evictions and tenants’ rights

Please subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Soundcloud, Google Play and Overcast. Matt and Liam discuss a handful of tenants’ rights bills with uncertain futures currently making their way through the Legislature. First, an Avocado of the Fortnight asks what historians will make of a Los Angeles-area gas station decades from now (2:30). The Number of the Fortnight introduces […]

By

Matt Levin

• May 24, 2018