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Environmental Assessment (EA) will be released on July 16, 2007 https://www.nps.gov/yose/learn/news/hodgdonea.htm

The Central Valley’s reputation as an affordable place to live has been challenged by skyrocketing housing prices. To learn what is behind the sharp increase in home and rental prices, and what this means for the ongoing affordable housing crisis, Valley Edition host Kathleen Schock spoke with Amber Crowell, associate …

In the new book “Freedom to Discriminate,” author Gene Slater explores how during the civil rights era, realtors exacerbated segregation and fought against fair housing efforts by redefining freedom. Valley Edition Host Kathleen Schock spoke to him about this history and its connection to the City of Fresno. https://www.kvpr.org/sites/kvpr/files/styles/big_story/public/202110/freedom_to_discriminate.jpg

California Governor Gavin Newsom has a plan to use $ 750 million dollars of federal coronavirus relief funds to purchase motels and other properties that will be converted into housing for those experiencing homelessness. But, there’s a catch. If the properties are not purchased by the end of the year, …

California Gov. Gavin Newsom suspended most evictions in April. But now state lawmakers are debating whether to lift the moratorium, leaving renters who have lost their jobs to the pandemic facing an uncertain future. To learn about how this could impact the affordable housing market, and homelessness, Valley Edition host …

Governor Gavin Newsom announced a program today to provide health care workers with low-cost hotel rooms . But ahead of the announcement, some valley hospitals were already working to provide employee housing. Dr. Lori Weichenthal, the assistant dean of graduate medical education at UCSF Fresno, said the school put out …

The City of Clovis is being sued for its lack of affordable housing. A lawsuit filed in Fresno County Superior Court Wednesday alleged that the city isn’t in compliance with state housing law , and is discriminating against low-income people by not planning for high density housing. “What we’ve ended …

From the Housing Programs Advisory Committee, the Housing Programs Implementation Study is out.

Temperatures in the Central Valley are dropping as fall gives way to winter. But for many families that also means enduring another winter in substandard housing, a problem that the City of Fresno says it has been working to fix since the passage of a new rental inspection ordinance in …

Mariposa County has embarked upon a program to address critical housing issues in the County. This brief 5 question survey will help us identify the priorities for the County’s housing plan:

Over the past month we’ve brought you stories about how online short-term rental sites are changing the communities near Yosemite National Park. The booming vacation rental market is creating a shortage of places for locals to rent for the long-term and in some cases contributing to the area’s homeless problem. …

More than half of California voters say the state’s housing affordability crisis is so bad that they’ve considered moving, and 60 percent of the electorate supports rent control, according to … Click to Continue »

More than half of California voters say the state’s housing affordability crisis is so bad that they’ve considered moving, and 60 percent of the electorate supports rent control, according to … Click to Continue »