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Teachers get first crack at affordable housing in San Francisco – NBC Bay Area
San Francisco is rolling out a new solution to affordable housing for teachers. Applications for the city’s newest affordable housing developments started being accepted Tuesday, with the process only open for the next few weeks to teachers and staff at San Francisco public schools. The new development for affordable housing is almost complete at 43rd Avenue, near Judah Street. It is called Shirley Chisholm Village and named after the country’s first Black congresswoman, who was also a longtime public education advocate. After the city in 2016 decided to prioritize affordable…
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Slightly more homes sold in March 2024 compared to 2023 in Bay Area – Community Impact
By James T. Norman Editor James joined Community Impact in June 2023, and is the editor of both the Bay Area paper and the Pearland-Friendswood paper. Before joining the team he worked for several newspapers in both Texas and Illinois. Since graduating from the University of North Texas in 2018, James has covered more than a dozen communities and school districts, and three counties. When he’s not at your local meeting, he can be found reading history books, trying to make music, learning Spanish and podcasting about football.
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This Bay Area city has the most expensive home prices in California – KRON4
Purchasing a home is one of the most important investments there is. More than a place to live, homeownership is an asset with the potential to tremendously rise in value. But with home prices reaching record heights, affordability plays a huge role for buyers. The typical home value in the United States was $349,216 in February, 4.2% higher than the year before. High mortgage rates are also making monthly payments more expensive; as of March 28, the 30-year fixed mortgage rate sits at 6.79%. Where people in California are moving…
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