News 06 Sep 2023 Will California Meet It’s Ambitious Housing Goals?For HAC, the year 2031 is significant. As Northern California enters a new RHNA cycle, the question at the top… Corey Smith
News 02 Aug 2023 San Francisco Passes Legislation To Help Jump Start Housing ProductionThe Housing Action Coalition is continuing to work with the Mayor's office, other city leaders and allied advocacy groups as… Jake Price
Events, News 02 Aug 2023 Quarterly Breakfast Briefing (July)This month, HAC hosted our quarterly Members Only Breakfast Briefing, where Executive Director Corey Smith shared an overview of the… Housing Action Coalition
Events, News 02 Aug 2023 Regulatory Committee | Fehr and Peers + Oakland UndividedFehr & Peers’ Principal Matt Goyne and Transportation Engineer Nina Price presented about the intersection of transportation, housing, and the… Housing Action Coalition
News 02 Aug 2023 Why Did Sunnyvale’s Housing Element Get Rejected?Housing elements are no longer just a paper exercise. The California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) has made… Housing Action Coalition
Executive Director Updates, News, Regional Updates, Transportation 02 Aug 2023 On the Path to Financial FeasibilityIn the past few months, one of the challenges HAC has been working to address is financial feasibility. If you’re… Housing Action Coalition
News 17 Jul 2023 HAC Member UCSF Poised to Unveil “Transformative” SF Student HousingIn California, students are one of the demographics most affected by the state’s housing shortage and affordability crisis. This is… Miles Johnson
News 05 Jul 2023 Regulatory Committee | Pirros + Vince RochaAri Baranian, CEO of Pirros, joined the committee to discuss his company's efforts to design a Detail Management System for… Housing Action Coalition
News 05 Jul 2023 Regulatory Committee | Bay Area Housing Finance Authority + Capital College Career AcademyKate Hartley joined the HAC Regulatory Committee to discuss the Bay Area Housing Finance Authority’s (BAHFA) projects, progress and future… Housing Action Coalition
Executive Director Updates, News, Regional Updates, Transportation 05 Jul 2023 Investing in the Future of Public TransitThe past couple of years have been rough for public transit in the Bay Area. With the pandemic decimating ridership,… Housing Action Coalition
Events, News, Success Spotlights Spring Symposium 2023 02 Jun 2023 Spring Symposium 2023: The MovieWith the theme of Innovation in Housing, our 17th Annual Spring Symposium featured conversations with housing experts from the public,… Housing Action Coalition
News 01 Jun 2023 Regulatory Committee Recap | BART Land Use and Campbell’s Pro-Housing SuccessOn May 31st, Carli Paine, BART’s TOD Manager, presented on BART’s land use plans, including updates on a variety of… Housing Action Coalition
News 26 May 2023 Regulatory Committee Recap | Rachael Tanner and Mark LoperOn May 10th the Committee was joined by San Francisco Planning Commission President Rachael Tanner, who provided insights into housing… Housing Action Coalition
News 05 May 2023 Why HAC supports Berkeley’s efforts to invest in construction workersOn Tuesday, May 2, The Berkeley City Council passed a first-of-its-kind – called, Helping Achieve Responsible Development with Healthcare and… Housing Action Coalition
Affordable Housing, News, Planning Commission, San Francisco, Success Spotlights 02 May 2023 The 469 Stevenson SagaThe San Francisco Planning Commission just helped to right a major wrong. On April 20th, the proposed housing project at… Housing Action Coalition
News 02 May 2023 A Quarterly Review from HACWith pro-housing momentum building at the state and local levels, 2023 has been an incredibly busy year so far at… Housing Action Coalition
News 02 May 2023 Regulatory Committee Recap | Santa Clara Housing Authority and UC Berkeley’s Terner CenterOn March 26, HAC’s Regulatory Committee welcomed Preston Prince, the Executive Director of the Santa Clara Housing Authority and Muhammad… Housing Action Coalition
News 02 May 2023 David Baker Architect’s New Book: 9 Ways to Make Housing for PeopleHAC’s Regulatory Committee was joined by Daniel Simons, HAC Board Member and Principal at David Baker Architects (DBA) where he… Housing Action Coalition
Affordable Housing, News, San Francisco, Success Spotlights 13 Apr 2023 13 Apr 2023 730 Stanyan Set to Break Ground!Five years after the city of San Francisco acquired the site on the corner of Haight and Stanyan, the largest… Housing Action Coalition
News 12 Apr 2023 3 Key HAC Bills Pass Assembly Housing CommitteeExciting news from Sacramento! Today three HAC-sponsored bills successfully passed out of the California State Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee and… Housing Action Coalition
News 02 Mar 2023 The Two-Year Odyssey of 2550 IrvingAt nearly 10pm on February 22, after two separate four-hour hearings, the San Francisco Board of Appeals finally decided to… Housing Action Coalition
News 22 Feb 2023 Homeless Supportive Housing Proposal in JeopardyOn any given night in San Francisco, there are over 4,000 people living on the street, unsheltered. There aren’t enough… Housing Action Coalition
News 13 Feb 2023 Holding NIMBY Cities AccountableIn the housing world, the word of the year for 2023 is accountability. For far too long, NIMBY cities have… Housing Action Coalition
East Bay, Elections, News, Regional Updates, San Francisco, South Bay / Peninsula 17 Oct 2022 HAC 2022 Candidate EndorsementsTo create pro-housing change we need bold pro-housing leaders who are committed to solving our state's severe housing shortage, affordability,… Housing Action Coalition
East Bay, Elections, Legislation, News, Regional Updates, San Francisco, South Bay / Peninsula 12 Oct 2022 November Ballot Measure EndorsementsTo alleviate our severe housing shortage, displacement, and affordability crisis it's essential to enact new policies that make it faster… Eric Tuvel
