November 16th, 2021

Labor and Affordable Housing United to House Our Workers

May 27th, 2021

Progressive taxation through Prop I means no need for housing funding austerity

May 10th, 2021

This piece concludes the Council of Community Housing Organizations’ series of essays on California’s complex housing affordability crisis, and the need for regional, place-based solutions.

Previous essays in the series:

• Tackling Exclusionary Housing Policy in California

• The Missing Piece in the Housing Crisis: The Fall in Single-Family Homes

• Rethinking the Suburbs Is Integral to California’s Housing Solution

• How Do We Make Regional Housing Policy Equitable?

March 5th, 2021

How a jobs-housing fit informs a major project proposal

December 1, 2020

Just two weeks ago, the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) released the new Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA, pronounced “Reena”) determination for the 9-county Bay Area. It says that a whopping 450,000 homes need to be built, and 57% of them need to be affordable homes!

February 11, 2020

“Rethinking The Suburbs” is an essay series seeking to advance the public understanding of housing conditions in the Bay Area suburbs. Part I of the series started in 2018. The series explores housing strategies in the context of the post-Great Recession period of the past decade that has set up our current policy environment.

January 8, 2020

In our first blog post of 2020, CCHO identifies some of the biggest barriers in solving our affordability challenges, followed by next steps toward solutions. 

December 8, 2019

Think global, act local.

October 10, 2019

Addressing our residents’ housing needs, like addressing health-care, education, or climate change adaptation, is an ongoing battle, with many solutions brought to bear at the right times and in the right places. But as with climate change, we can’t wait long for solutions. Propositions A and E, funding and land, are part of that battle and are two great big opportunities to win!

September 15, 2019

A recent Jobs-Housing Nexus Study found that for every 100,000-square-foot office development, at least 81 new affordable housing units are needed just to house the lower wage workers in those offices, not counting all the contract employees such as janitors

August 1, 2019

MOHCD’s leadership transition opens an opportunity to reflect on the department’s roots in community development while also responding to the tidal wave of evictions and exploding housing costs brought on by the tech economy.

July 7, 2019

SF Examiner published an op-ed on an upcoming housing package on the November 2019 ballot, penned by CCHO alongside affordable housing and anti-displacement advocates.

June 20, 2019

Come out this Thursday, February 14 (VDAY) to the Planning Commission informational hearing on the Community Opportunity to Purchase Act (COPA). There will be space for public comment BEFORE the hearing where you will be able to express how important it is to preserve existing housing and ensure affordable housing for all!

June 5, 2019.

This is a critical time for San Francisco’s housing future. The investment is not only an opening for a long-term strategy to protect our existing residents and house our future generations, but a critical down-payment, and a big one, toward tackling this affordability crisis.

April 8, 2019

The Jobs-Housing Linkage (JHL) fee provides much needed funding to provide housing for these workers since their wages do not allow them to afford market-rate housing, essentially partially mitigating the impact of increased housing needs that new commercial development projects create.

March 31, 2019

Passing COPA is the next big step in a comprehensive community stabilization and affordable housing strategy, one that begins with addressing people where they are at: in their homes.

December 13, 2018

The most important package of development policies for the Bay Area — that you’ve probably never heard of — is being decided today.

November 11, 2018

Tuesday’s election was a victory for affordable housing at the state and local ballot.

September 26, 2018

The current essay dives into the issue of exclusionary practices that have exacerbated the housing crisis and offers some policy solutions.

September 20, 2018

It’s the year of affordable housing at the ballot box. This November, San Franciscans will have the opportunity to weigh in on four game-changing housing measures: Propositions 1, 2, and 10 on the state level and Prop C in San Francisco.