Housing

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The Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) today announced the selection of housing policy, finance and development veteran Kate Hartley to...

News Release

The fiscal 2021-22 state budget signed into law Monday by Gov. Newsom includes a $20 million appropriation for the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) to underwrite the work of the Bay Area...

In wake of our current health, economic and housing crisis, and as people protest for racial justice in cities across the country, we launched The Metro Talks Equity Series—a series where regional...

The entire Bay Area is in the midst of a major housing crisis. In turn, that housing crisis is causing chaos in our transportation system. Because people can’t afford to buy homes, or even afford to...

Bay Area housing issues are viewed in a wider context.

Participants share summaries of their break-out group discussions.

The Bay Area is failing to retain and grow middle-wage jobs that can provide economic opportunities to low-wage workers. Stagnant wages in a growing number of low-wage jobs further reduces...

Housing affordability and displacement are problems in cities all over the United States, and perhaps more so here in the Bay Area than anywhere else.

A lack of affordable housing in the Bay Area is causing displacement. What does that mean? Pretty simply, while thousands of our residents make minimum wage, in Marin, San Francisco and San Mateo...