Supportive housing for 39 formerly homeless residents breaks ground on University Avenue
The project, delayed three years, is expected to open its doors by the end of summer 2024.
City Council approves 8-story University Avenue apartment building neighbors called a ‘behemoth’
The 207-unit project at the corner of University and California Street will include 21 affordable apartments.
At 28, he died on Berkeley’s streets. His story is part of an epidemic of isolation
Kiovonni LaRoyce Lyles was a musician, dancer, beloved son, brother and uncle. His family was unable to reach him before he died. Isolation and loneliness prevent people like him from receiving crucial resources, experts say.
Update: State housing regulators shot down Berkeley’s limits on cottages in the hills. Will the city court another fight?
The City Council deadlocked on a parking requirement for ADUs in the hills Tuesday, pushing a decision to its Oct. 3 meeting.
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Housing Trust Fund
The Housing Trust Fund is the money the city uses to build and support affordable housing projects in Berkeley. The money can be leveraged 4-to-1 to seek outside funding. Money generally comes into the fund when developers choose not to include affordable units within their projects, or who do not include the full number of those units. Rather than building on site, they can pay a fee into the city’s Trust Fund instead.