State issues Transit-Oriented Development funding: Jan. 11, 2008 The Notice of Funding Availability for the Transit-Oriented Program is
now up on the Housing and Community Development website. Due
date for applications is March 7, 2008. Applications will be available on HCD's website in mid-January: http://www.hcd.ca.gov/fa/tod/
If you have any questions contact:
Jolena Voorhis
Director of Legislation
Department of Housing and Community Development
(916) 323-0169
Few can afford "affordable housing" (Examiner, 4/9/07) Thousands of teachers, firefighters, nurses and public employees face the dilemma of whether to remain lifetime renters or purchase houses in cities as far away as Tracy.
Housing need bigger than thought (SM County Times, 2/4/2007) A new study indicates that San Mateo County's housing need is even greater than previously imagined, confirming affordable-housing advocates' worst fears: The housing crisis will continue to stunt economic growth, clog freeways and wedge an even greater divide between the county's haves and have-nots. http://www.insidebayarea.com/search//ci_5156302