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SacBee: Don’t neglect middle class in California’s housing crisis
As I look out the window of my California Housing Finance Agency office in downtown Sacramento at 5 p.m. on…
SacBee: Mobile homes often trade in a ‘gray market.’ Owners now have a chance to avoid back taxes.
Nearly 21,000 families in the four-county Sacramento region, and about a half-million across California, live in homes that are theoretically…
SacBee: Here’s why California’s historic housing legislation won’t bring down costs anytime soon
California lawmakers this year took historic action to address what one housing economist says is the state’s most serious problem:…
SacBee: Don’t let special interests exploit California’s housing crisis
People of all ages, colors and socio-economic backgrounds are suffering from the low supply of new housing, which is leading…
SacBee: Democratic leaders, Jerry Brown agree on package to spur housing
Legislative leaders and Gov. Jerry Brown have reached a deal on a trio housing bills expected to spur new construction…
SacBee: One key to affordable housing crisis? Pay construction workers a living wage.
No amount of project streamlining can solve California’s housing affordability problem by itself. To lower prices, California needs to build a…
SacBee: What’s the solution to California’s unaffordable housing crisis?
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development classifies a Sacramento family of four with annual earnings of $59,350 as…
SacBee: Here’s who will suffer most if California doesn’t end housing crisis
As California legislators weigh, yet again, whether to do something about the housing crisis, they shouldn’t think about the young…
SacBee: There are 130 housing bills in the California Legislature. What will the state do?
Restaurant workers, teachers, first responders – even doctors – are getting priced out of California, and home-ownership is beyond the…
SacBee: Rising home prices in California concern economists, prompt action by lenders
Housing affordability – or more precisely, the increasing lack of it – in California has prompted growing concern among economists…