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Contractors wrestle with lengthy permit process amid housing crisis – CBS San Francisco

Despite calls to build more homes to solve the Bay Area’s housing woes, the rate of building permits for new homes has slowed considerably, worsening the crisis.  Work comes to a grinding halt for designer and contractor Tim Pond when building permits aren’t issued in a timely manner. “It becomes difficult to even get an inspection scheduled sometimes,” said Pond. “It’s not impossible, but it takes time.” Housing experts say building and planning departments still face staffing shortages, leading to a backlog of permits being processed, and longer waits for…

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Chan Zuckerberg Initiative joins Philanthropic and Community Partners to Discuss Innovative Solutions to Solving Bay … – PR Newswire

SAN FRANCISCO, April 4, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Partnership for the Bay’s Future (PBF), one of the nation’s largest private-sector housing funds focused on addressing the Bay Area’s affordable housing crisis through innovative equity-centered solutions, is marking its fifth anniversary. Priscilla Chan, co-founder and co-CEO of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) joined San Francisco Foundation CEO Fred Blackwell at an event hosted by PBF last week to highlight the progress made in the first five years of the partnership, including the protection of over 73,000 tenants and financing over 4,400 homes for 11,000…

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California House Prices Plunge By as Much as 40% in Some Areas – Newsweek

Homeowners in parts of California are slashing the price of their properties by as much as 40 percent as they leave behind the explosive home appreciation that characterized the pandemic years. A five-bedroom home in Oakland, California, that was listed for sale for $4.1 million in March 2022 is now once again available on real-estate marketplace Redfin for $2,550,000 after experiencing a price cut of more than 40 percent. “Oof,” wrote San Francisco Bay Area realtor Matt Castillo, who first spotted the listing, on X, formerly known as Twitter. “This…

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Strong storms destroy pair of Bay Area mobile homes – FOX 13 Tampa

PLANT CITY, Fla. – Strong storms moved through the Tampa Bay Area on Wednesday afternoon, dumping lots of rain and causing some damage. Two mobile homes were destroyed along Platt Road, north of Plant City in Hillsborough County. High winds also caused damage to several other homes. Debris was strung on trees, trees were broken apart and roofs thrown across the street. The owner of the land tells FOX 13 the wind just rolled one home across the field. Fortunately, none of the field workers who live there were injured,…

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California Supreme Court hears arguments on UC Berkeley’s plans for housing at People’s Park – The Mercury News

A drone view of People’s Park in Berkeley, Calif., on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024. UC Berkeley has surrounded the park with shipping containers and hired full-time security to keep people out while waiting for court approval to build student housing there. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group) Should noise from the future residents of a housing project be considered a form of environmental pollution under California environmental regulations? And to what degree should housing developers be pushed to study alternative sites for a project? These are the questions the California Supreme…

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California Supreme Court hears arguments on UC Berkeley’s plans for housing at People’s Park – The Mercury News

A drone view of People’s Park in Berkeley, Calif., on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024. UC Berkeley has surrounded the park with shipping containers and hired full-time security to keep people out while waiting for court approval to build student housing there. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group) Should noise from the future residents of a housing project be considered a form of environmental pollution under California environmental regulations? And to what degree should housing developers be pushed to study alternative sites for a project? These are the questions the California Supreme…

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