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New Affordable Housing Portal Launches for Bay Area Doorway

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New Affordable Housing Portal Launches for Bay Area

The Bay Area Housing Finance Authority (BAHFA) today launched the Doorway Housing Portal, a hub to easily find affordable housing in the Bay Area. The first-of-its-kind regional online portal was developed with pro bono support from Google.org Fellows, a team that includes Google researchers, designers, product managers and software engineers. 

Bay Area High School Students: Be Leaders in Transportation, Housing, Equity and More Interns from MTC's 2018 cohort celebrate their final presentations in San Francisco.

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Bay Area High School Students: Be Leaders in Transportation, Housing, Equity and More

Bay Area high school students are encouraged to apply for the Norman Mineta Bay Area Summer Academy, a four-week paid internship with the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG), Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC), the Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC) and the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (Air District).

Bay Area Needs $7.6 Billion To Unlock 33,000 Affordable Homes Currently in the Pipeline Housing construction

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Bay Area Needs $7.6 Billion To Unlock 33,000 Affordable Homes Currently in the Pipeline

Enterprise Community Partners (Enterprise) and the Bay Area Housing Finance Authority (BAHFA) today issued new research revealing that there are 395 affordable housing developments in various stages of predevelopment across the nine-county Bay Area that would create an estimated 32,944 affordable homes in one of the most expensive real estate markets in the country.

Bay Area Housing Finance Authority to Simplify Search For Affordable Housing affordable housing

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Bay Area Housing Finance Authority to Simplify Search For Affordable Housing

The Bay Area Housing Finance Authority (BAHFA) is beginning a project to develop and implement the Doorway Housing Portal, an online portal that will enable residents to search for affordable housing anywhere in the nine-county Bay Area and complete an application in less than 10 minutes.

ABAG-MTC Executive Director Therese McMillan Announces Retirement Therese McMillan

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ABAG-MTC Executive Director Therese McMillan Announces Retirement

Therese W. McMillan, executive director of the Association of Bay Area Governments and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) since 2019, notified the Commission that she will retire from both positions on January 31, 2023.

"After more than three decades of exceptional public service...

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Drinking Water Quality, Flooding, Trash Top Water Concerns of Disadvantaged and Tribal Communities

The quality of drinking water, flooding, lack of access to adequate green space, contamination and pollutants, and trash are among the most urgent water-related concerns facing low-income and tribal populations around the nine-county Bay Area, according to the Regional Needs Assessment released...

New Blueprint Maps Brighter Future for Bay and Delta

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New Blueprint Maps Brighter Future for Bay and Delta

Sea level rise, water quality and habitat protection are among the issues addressed in the 2022 San Francisco Estuary Blueprint released by the San Francisco Estuary Partnership, mapping how San Francisco Bay and the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta will be managed over the next five years.