Sacramento’s current affordable housing projects
By Ken Magri As the need for more affordable rental units continues, developers in the Sacramento area work to complete new affordable housing projects across…
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Officials and residents celebrate full occupancy of Cornerstone affordable housing development in South Sacramento
By Steve Martarano Patrick Kennedy remembers driving past the empty 7-acre lot adjacent to Le Donne Drive near 47th Street and Nicholas Park in South…
What happened after Newsom’s executive order on encampments? State agencies refuse to answer how they are carrying out the governor’s directive.
Local jurisdictions claim increased but measured enforcement, Camp Resolution goes to court to prevent its demise By Scott Thomas Anderson “No more excuses,” Gov. Gavin…
Sacramento’s first Passive House sets the standard for green building
By Krista Minard In East Sacramento, on a narrow avenue of small, single-story homes, a transformation is underway. An 82-year-old bungalow is becoming the new…
Courting landlords with vouchers: guaranteed incentives for willingness to rent to homeless
By Ken Magri In an effort to get more homeless people into better living situations, several voucher programs offer opportunities that can transition the unhoused…
Panelists advocate for mixed-use development strategies and eliminating vacancies in Downtown Sacramento revitalization effort
Housing, homelessness and safety identified as areas of focus during “Suds & Solutions” event By Cristian Gonzalez Experts and community members convened at Touchstone Brewing…
Sacramento millennials are picking between owning a home or having a social life, but many can’t even reach the dilemma in the first place
By Madison Flewellyn When millennials complain that they cannot afford a house, “work harder” is often the response of older generations. So, are millennials lazy? Or…
Downtown Sacramento Partnership’s Liz Lorand Williams on creating a pro-housing city
By Hannah Ross Liz Lorand Williams, policy manager for Downtown Sacramento Partnership, has worked to advocate on behalf of the downtown community for the last…
New affordable housing community Cornerstone offers hope, homeownership in South Sacramento
By Chris Nichols for Capital Public Radio A unique affordable housing community called Cornerstone opened last week in South Sacramento, offering everything from services for…
Solving Sacramento hosts its next ‘Suds & Solutions’ event for the public on revitalizing the Downtown district on March 27
Downtown Sacramento definitely needs a post-pandemic jumpstart, now that fewer government employees work there. What can be done to bring more people back to work,…
Equity in the Capital: Reporters Chris Nichols and Ben van der Meer on creative solutions to the housing crisis
By Nick Brunner The issues of lack of housing affordability and availability are likely to hover around Sacramento for some time, but there’s no shortage…
Protecting pets in Sacramento’s unhoused community
By Keyshawn Davis Seven months ago, Joseph Rival drove to California from Oregon with his mother, who’d recently had a stroke, because she wanted to…
Coordinated Access System creates one ‘front door’ for Sacramentans in need of shelter
By Marie-Elena Schembri In 2023, the city of Sacramento ranked in the top three U.S. cities for percentage of unsheltered homeless individuals and families and…
‘It’s constant questioning:’ Black families disproportionately represented in Sacramento’s unhoused population
By Sterling Davies Airrea Craven, 24, has just secured a hotel with government funds for her and her two daughters to stay for the week,…
Oak Park community members come together for a talk focused on anti-gentrification and displacement efforts around Aggie Square
While promising to boost local health care and tech economies, UC Davis’s Aggie Square project raises concerns for Oak Park community By Keyshawn Davis Discussions…
Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency’s La Shelle Dozier on the role of policy, funding and public perception of affordable housing
By Keyshawn Davis In 1982, Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency was formed by the city and county as a joint powers authority. These local governments…
Counting Sacramento’s homeless: Volunteers set out across region for biennial Point-In-Time Count
By Chris Nichols and Keyshawn Davis Heather Coffman says she left her home nearly two decades ago to escape the domestic violence that shattered her…