Affordable Housing

In late September of 2014, the Strategic Growth Council (SGC) released draft guidelines for the Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities (AHSC) Program. The AHSC Program will administer [...]

Regional Solutions for a Regional Crisis Background In October 2019, Governor Newsom signed AB 1487 into law establishing the Bay Area Housing Finance Authority, which is a new authority under [...]

San Jose Can Counter Displacement by Complying with the State’s Surplus Land Act Public Advocates and co-counsel filed a lawsuit in state court on July 21, 2016, against the City of San [...]

Issue: Affordable Housing Topic: Equitable Development Date: June 15, 2016 By: David Zisser File: oakland_public_lands_policy_sign-on_letter On June 15, 2016, Public Advocates, the Public [...]

Issue: Affordable Housing Topic: Equitable Development Date: June 8, 2016 File: jointletterjune8_2pm Letter from more than 50 organizations with members and roots in racially diverse urban [...]

Background  Public Advocates is one of the creators and leading members of the 6 Wins for Social Equity Network, a bold group of strategic allies from social justice, faith, public health and [...]

Menlo Park Agrees to Welcome 1,000 Units of Affordable Housing In 2012, Public Advocates successfully negotiated with the Menlo Park City Council to meet the city’s share of the region’s [...]

With our coalition partners Pittsburg Better Together, ACORN, Contra Costa FaithWorks! and the California Affordable Housing Law Project, Public Advocates made real progress in the fight for [...]