Affordable housing Archives

‘They just started jack-hammering’: Berkeley tenants blindsided by ADU that abuts sidewalk

By Supriya YelimeliApril 94:50 p.m.April 10

While the accessory dwelling unit is legal, these South Berkeley tenants are upset they were not informed it was coming.

aerial view of single-family homes in Berkeley

Berkeley votes for historic housing change: an end to single-family zoning

By Supriya YelimeliMarch 252:24 p.m.March 30

The unanimous vote kickstarts a 2-year-long process which would see about 9,000 more housing units at various income levels built over the next several years.

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The Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board office. Workshops to help landlords and renters are being held remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Berkeley has free workshops to help landlords, tenants navigate rent

By Supriya YelimeliMarch 238 a.m.March 23

The Berkeley Rent Stablization Board’s seminars offer help to landlords and tenants with security deposits, registering rental properties, the newly-approved Measure MM and more.

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‘This feels cruel, that our sacred site is now imprisoned.’ Ohlones protest new fence around ancestral land

By Frances DinkelspielMarch 223:58 p.m.March 29

The owners of 1900 Fourth St. want to build housing and retail on the old Spenger’s parking lot, which sits in the middle of Berkeley’s shellmound district.

Berkeley denounces racist history of single-family zoning, begins 2-year process to change general plan

By Supriya YelimeliFeb. 244 p.m.March 7

Council unanimously approved a resolution that will work toward banning single-family zoning.

BUSD takes step toward building affordable housing for teachers, staff

By Ally MarkovichFeb. 2211:30 a.m.Feb. 23

The plan is to build about 110 units for teachers and staff in the parking lot of the Adult School.

Berkeley may get rid of single-family zoning as a way to correct the arc of its ugly housing history

By John MetcalfeFeb. 1711:30 a.m.Feb. 26

Berkeley in 1916 was the first city to enact single-family zoning, which had the effect of pushing nonwhite people to more impoverished neighborhoods in the south and west.

Interested in plans for housing at BART? Take these surveys by Feb. 22

By Emilie RagusoFeb. 1211:59 a.m.Feb. 12

The city is collecting community input on affordable housing, land use, building form and public space as part of the public process around plans to build housing at BART.

Rent board pays $210K to former employee to settle retaliation charges

By Frances DinkelspielFeb. 11:43 p.m.Feb. 3

Public documents strongly suggest that Jay Kelekian, the former executive director, is the person who is alleged to have retaliated against the former employee.

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