News Stories

The Bay Area Council has long advocated for a strong regional approach to addressing our housing crisis, including supporting legislation that created the Bay Area Housing Finance Authority (BAHFA). In this guest item highlighted in the council's Weekly Flash newsletter, Metropolitan Transportation Commission Chair Alfredo Pedroza and Association of Bay Area Governments Chair Jesse Arreguin outline the purpose and objectives for BAHFA.

BayREN’s Business Plan 2024-2031 (Plan) submitted in early March to the California Public Utilities Commission, reflects an ambition to achieve California’s climate and energy goals while enabling an urgent evolution of the organization, resources, and programs to integrate equity more intentionally.

Four regional government agencies are sponsoring an online Bay Area Summer Academy to provide insights into how regional governments address these issues and how the public, including students, can help advance equity across the Bay Area. 

Bay Area residents are learning about the housing element update process via a Regional Housing Technical Assistance (RHTA)-funded simulation tool. The complexity of the housing element update process makes it difficult for residents to understand, let alone participate in the update process. And...

Learn about available assistance for Housing Element updates, Friday, March 25 from 10 a.m.-noon. Register for the webinar here.

Planning for housing is challenging for cities and counties for a variety of reasons. ABAG has developed and provided a technical assistance program, funded by a...

Think of it as a one-stop shop for Bay Area city and county agencies to access resources they need to address housing, environment, land use, resilience and transportation.

Looking back over the first year of ABAG's Regional Housing Technical Assistance (RHTA) Program, the program has accomplished much to help jurisdictions prepare to submit their updated 6th Cycle Housing Elements.

A group of local governments and community-based organizations led by BayREN is among five groups nationwide selected by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy to receive technical assistance through the Energy Equity for Renters Initiative.

The initiative will help BayREN and its...

The Partnership for the Bay’s Future has announced $5 million in grants focused on advancing equitable housing policies.

The California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) has approved the Association of Bay Area Government’s (ABAG) Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) Plan.