Boone’s friends say the situation highlights the lack of live-work artist housing for seniors in Berkeley.
Affordable housing
Developers submit North Berkeley BART housing proposal
An application submitted this week details plans for the proposed transit village with more than 700 homes atop the BART station’s parking lot.
Applications open for 75 affordable housing units in South Berkeley
The housing is among the first in the city to prioritize applicants based on historic redlining and displacement due to BART construction.
City wraps up planning for North Berkeley BART housing with vote on design rules
The long-debated project could be approved early next year in an expedited process that doesn’t include another public hearing or vote.
Has Berkeley’s building boom made housing more affordable? We dug into the data
Once soaring, rent prices have slowed their ascent in Berkeley over the past five years. What’s driving that shift is harder to say.
City may relax design rules for North Berkeley BART housing as planning wraps up
The Planning Commission voted Wednesday to loosen design regulations for the long-debated project. The city council still has to approve the decision.
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.
See designs for hotly debated North Berkeley BART housing
The public is getting its first look at renderings for 750 new homes, half of them affordable, at the BART station’s parking lot.
Billions for affordable housing? Voters may get chance to weigh in
A regional bond measure could fund affordable development in Oakland, Berkeley, and beyond at a size and scale never seen before.
Berkeley is adding new housing at the fastest rate in decades
Berkeley approved nearly 900 homes in 2022, far surpassing state housing production goals, but fell well short of targets for affordable homes.
Berkeley has lost thousands of Black residents. A new housing policy aims to help some return
The policy makes current or former residents of redlined areas, and those displaced by BART, a higher priority for affordable housing.
Why we created an affordable housing guide for Berkeley and Oakland
We often hear from residents eager to find an inexpensive, safe place to live in the East Bay. We published a resource guide to help.