New zoning rules could allow more than 2,500 homes to be built in the student-centric neighborhood next to UC Berkeley.
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Plan for housing at Ashby BART advances, while concerns about power station linger
City and BART officials have wrapped up their negotiations over Berkeley’s control of ‘air right’ at the station, Mayor Jesse ArreguÃn says.
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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.
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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.
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Berkeley drops plan to require parking for accessory dwelling units in hills
California housing regulators told Berkeley a proposal to mandate off-street parking for ADUs in the hills violated state law.
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Downtown Berkeley’s pandemic recovery is uneven, but far from a ‘doom loop’
Here’s why downtown Berkeley is faring better than other cities.
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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.
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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.
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Some homeless Berkeley residents struggled through last week’s bad air quality days
People living outdoors reported coughing, lung pain and lack of sleep. The city said the AQI was not high enough to open its 24-hour clean air shelter.
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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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Alameda County homelessness documentary airs at South Berkeley library on Saturday
Cheryl Fabio’s ‘A Rising Tide’ centers Black families and children experiencing homelessness in Oakland and Alameda County.
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Federal government tackled post-war housing crisis by creating Codornices Village on Berkeley-Albany border
Thousands lived in the affordable development, for a time one of the most racially integrated in the Bay Area.
