Housing Development

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (1125+ words) Sep 11, 2026 - 11:08pm A Homeless Response Team vehicle is pictured on Wednesday, May 14, 2025. Douglas County’s homelessness dashboard offers a closer look at who is experiencing homelessness locally, but understanding what its numbers mean requires a closer look at how the data is…...

23+ hour, 43+ min ago   (831+ words) When he talks about San Francisco's worsening affordability problems, Mayor Daniel Lurie often emphasizes that building more housing is an important part of tackling the crisis. But some advocates with the "Yes in my backyard" movement, which champions aggressive measures…...

2+ day, 40+ min ago   (305+ words) As an AI boom pushes median rents higher, Mayor Daniel Lurie is proposing $30 million in investments and reforms to curb rising evictions and “sudden rent spikes.” As rents have increased in San Francisco, so have eviction proceedings. The city is…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (336+ words) (The Center Square) – A bill designed to prevent homelessness in California is awaiting Gov. Gavin Newsom's signature after it passed the Legislature late last month. Under the legislation, the strategies have to be submitted in a report due on July…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (1116+ words) Insurance commissioner may seem like an obscure regulatory position, but it’s a consequential one: It leads the Insurance Department, which regulates home, auto, life, health, workers’ comp and other insurance. The commissioner is tasked with making sure policies are available,…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (1077+ words) Browse our guide on the best concerts, plays, galleries, and more to see this fall. Blasting the “rent emergency” driving up evictions across San Francisco, Mayor Daniel Lurie announced a $30 million package of reforms on Thursday morning to keep families…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago   (535+ words) Australian renters could be slugged an extra $10 a week under Labor’s housing tax overhaul, with Mark Butler and Jane Hume clashing over claims the Federal Government dramatically underestimated the hit to tenants. The Health Minister backed Treasury’s modelling during a…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (941+ words) San Francisco's efforts to build denser housing face crucial tests in the coming months amid a series of lawsuits, which variously claim that the city's efforts go too far—or not far enough. The three lawsuits against the city, filed…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (456+ words) The mayor has built his brand on fiscal restraint and business ties. This week, he swung toward labor and renters, his biggest political turn yet. In the last 48 hours, Mayor Daniel Lurie made two moves likely to surprise those who…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago   (458+ words) Following a more than 25% increase in SF rents over the past year, Mayor Daniel Lurie declared a rent emergency Thursday and unveiled several measures aimed at protecting tenants from unfair evictions and rent spikes. Declaring San Francisco to be in…...