Housing

To encourage housing developers to build more homes inside factories, which supporters say could result in more affordable housing, the state might get into the construction insurance business.

Homelessness prevention shows promising results in California, as advocates push to spread it statewide and nationally.

Scott Wiener has a reputation for producing and passing a lot of legislation. Congress has a reputation for doing nothing. If elected, will Wiener get housing laws passed at a national level?

Projects that are supposed to offer mental health and substance use care to foster youth, new mothers, unhoused people and other vulnerable Californians have been delayed or cancelled.

Tens of thousands of affordable units across California are stuck in financial purgatory, according to a new report. Will more money get them moving?

A majority of California’s roughly 180,000 people experiencing homelessness have health insurance through Medi-Cal. Providers predict that many will lose insurance under President Donald Trump’s upcoming work mandates even if they qualify for exemptions.

California’s fire safety regulators were asked to study whether mid-rise apartments can go with a single staircase. Their report takes a dim view of the notion.

Far fewer people with mental illness are getting help in Gov. Gavin Newsom’s CARE Court program than expected. This week, he blamed local governments for shortcomings.

California wants to slash greenhouse gases by electrifying homes and installing six million heat pumps by 2030. Lawmakers are pushing new policies to speed adoption. But some of the nation’s highest electricity rates stand in the way.

Building homes inside a factory has long been seen as a way to revolutionize the American housing industry, ushering in a new era of higher quality homes at lower price. That dream has never quite panned out. Can California finally make it happen?