Category: New Home Builders
Builder’s remedy was supposed to ‘Manhattanize’ the Bay Area. So where are all the houses? – Silicon Valley
For over a decade, developer Forrest Linebarger has tried to build new multifamily housing on two half-acre parcels in Los Altos Hills. The city has done all it can to stop him. Then early last year, he employed a largely untested tool — the builder’s remedy. The provision penalizes cities that have failed to get state approval for their plans to accommodate new residential growth. Without the state’s sign-off on that plan, known as the housing element, developers can skirt local zoning codes and propose projects far taller and denser…
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Builder’s remedy was supposed to ‘Manhattanize’ the Bay Area. So where are all the houses? – The Mercury News
Developer Forrest Linebarger stands in a plot of land he plans to develop into senior housing in Los Altos Hills, Calif., on Thursday, June 8, 2023. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group) For over a decade, developer Forrest Linebarger has tried to build new multifamily housing on two half-acre parcels in Los Altos Hills. The city has done all it can to stop him. Then early last year, he employed a largely untested tool — the builder’s remedy. The provision penalizes cities that have failed to get state approval for…
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Builder’s remedy hasn’t ‘Manhattan-izee’ Bay Area — yet – The Mercury News
Developer Forrest Linebarger stands in a plot of land he plans to develop into senior housing in Los Altos Hills, Calif., on Thursday, June 8, 2023. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group) For over a decade, developer Forrest Linebarger has tried to build new multifamily housing on two half-acre parcels in Los Altos Hills. The city has done all it can to stop him. Then early last year, he employed a largely untested tool — the builder’s remedy. The provision penalizes cities that have failed to get state approval for…
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California Requires Solar Panels on New Homes. Should Wildfire Victims Get a Break? – KQED
It’s another matter whether Gov. Gavin Newsom will sign it if the bill is also approved in the Senate and reaches his desk. In 2022, Newsom vetoed a similar bill, citing the need for solar power to reduce greenhouse gases that are a contributing factor for wildfires. Solar power is a critical part of the state’s ambitious goal to achieve 90% carbon-free electricity by 2035 and 100% by 2045. Large-scale and rooftop solar is projected to prove more than half of the grid’s power by 2045. “Extending this exemption would nullify these positive…
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Habitat for Humanity brings housing hope to East Bay community – CBS News
WALNUT CREEK — The housing crisis in the Bay Area has proved a difficult and time-consuming problem to solve but, on Saturday, one well-known, non-profit builder celebrated a new development in Walnut Creek, giving hope to those willing to put in the work. The Spanish word for hope is “esperanza” and Esperanza Place is a fitting name for Habitat For Humanity’s newest development in Walnut Creek. The organization held a welcome ceremony for the 23 families who will move into the houses they helped build next to the Pleasant Hill…
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Tenants Are Forcing Bay Area Landlords to the Bargaining Table – Jacobin magazine
Tenants Are Forcing Bay Area Landlords to the Bargaining Table By Mathilde Lind Gustavussen San Francisco’s groundbreaking Union at Home legislation encourages tenants to organize in their buildings the way employees organize at work. Housing activists in Berkeley are hoping their city will follow suit — but landlords are pushing back. Aerial view of Berkeley, California, Thursday, March 16, 2023. (Jane Tyska / Digital First Media / East Bay Times via Getty Images) On February 13, 2024, eight tenants met with three representatives from their new corporate landlord in a…
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Foreclosed San Jose site once pitched as hotel lands Bay Area buyer – East Bay Times
SAN JOSE — Bay Area real estate investors have bought a San Jose site that toppled into foreclosure due to a delinquent loan — but the property’s future wasn’t immediately certain despite the purchase. A nondescript property at 1510 South De Anza Boulevard in southwest San Jose has been bought for $5.5 million, according to documents filed on April 5 with the Santa Clara County Recorder’s Office. 132-room, four-story hotel at 1510 South De Anza Boulevard in San Jose, concept. At one point, a hotel was proposed for the property.…
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State green lights Cupertino’s housing plan for more than 4,500 new homes – The Mercury News
(Courtesy of The Rise) The Rise redevelopment in Cupertino, Forum area, showing a housing tower, ground-floor retail and restaurant spaces, and adjacent gathering and open areas, on the site of the former Vallco Mall, concept. (Courtesy of The Rise) More than a year after the deadline and being hit with a lawsuit over the delay, Cupertino has received a green light from state regulators for a housing plan to add more than 4,500 homes by 2031. Every eight years, California law requires cities to submit a blueprint, known as a…
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