Two loans recently made by the Bay Area Housing Finance Authority (BAHFA) to community land trusts will preserve 34 affordable homes in San Francisco and San Jose, ensuring stable housing for people who may otherwise have been forced out by rising rents.
These loans are funded by the state Regional...
The Association of Bay Area Governments and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission have approved the Final 2025 Joint Advocacy Program, expressing the agencies’ state and federal legislative priorities for the calendar year.
To advance the region’s housing affordability goals, the agencies will...
The Association of Bay Area Governments and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) this month approved further study of the Final Blueprint for Plan Bay Area 2050+(link is external, opens in a new window).
At the MTC Wednesday meeting(link is external, opens in a new window) and the ABAG...
The Bay Area Housing Finance Authority (BAHFA) was established by the California State Legislature in 2019 with the goal of finding better solutions for the Bay Area’s affordable housing needs. Since its inception, BAHFA has launched multiple pilot programs and projects across the “3Ps” — affordable...
For the first time, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will study impacts of sea level rise on the entire region with a focus on economically disadvantaged communities, vulnerable infrastructure, and nature-based strategies.
In 2024, the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) continued to strengthen collaboration across the region and worked toward coordinated progress in the areas of housing, climate resilience and the economy. ABAG’s achievements this past year include:
The Regional Housing Technical Assistance (RHTA) Program was established by the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) using $23.9 million in Regional Early Action Planning Grants of 2019 (REAP 1.0), with significant staff and other institutional support from the Metropolitan Transportation...
ABAG-MTC staff have created a suite of tools to help residents, transportation and housing planners, students, and other interested people determine the severity of risk from certain types of natural hazards in the Bay Area, including earthquake, tsunami, flooding, landslides and wildfires.
The Association of Bay Area Governments is recruiting elected officials of Bayside Cities or Counties, regional park districts or open space districts that touch the Bay to serve on the Governing Board of the San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority.
The San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority is a...
The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) just awarded a total of $8.5 million to 13 Bay Area organizations for Priority Conservation Area (PCA) Grants that support the goals of Plan Bay Area 2050, the adopted long-range regional plan for housing, the economy, transportation and the...
