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The Joint MTC Planning Committee with the ABAG Administrative Committee on Jan. 12 approved the revised Plan Bay Area 2050+ Draft Blueprint strategies and Growth Geographies. This action enables staff to further study the strategies’ performance in meeting critical regional goals for an affordable...

The Bay Area Housing Finance Authority (BAHFA)'s Advisory Committee today adopted a resolution recommending that the ABAG Executive Board and the BAHFA Board submit for consideration by voters in all nine Bay Area counties this November a general obligation bond measure of as much as $20 billion to...

Every two years, the San Francisco Estuary Partnership brings together planners, regulators, scientists, practitioners, activists, and many others to exchange knowledge, highlight innovative projects, and support one another in achieving our collective vision of a healthy, resilient San Francisco Estuary.

ABAG's affiliate, the Bay Area Housing Finance Authority, this year reached several important milestones as it accelerated its efforts to deliver lasting solutions to the Bay Area’s longstanding housing affordability problems.

The year 2023 saw the Association of Bay Area Governments and its related agencies work in the challenging realms of housing, the environment and energy conservation with the goal of making the region more affordable, sustainable and healthy

Nearly 3,000 Bay Area residents participated in this summer’s first round of engagement for Plan Bay Area 2050+, a limited and focused update to Plan Bay Area 2050, the long-range plan for transportation, housing, the economy and the environment that was adopted by ABAG and the Metropolitan...

The San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority — co-staffed by the San Francisco Estuary Partnership and the State Coastal Conservancy — and other partners opened a 300-acre former industrial salt pond to San Francisco Bay this week as part of ambition plan to restore wetlands.

Watch as this San Leandro resident benefitted from BayREN rebates to upgrade her drafty house to an energy efficient and comfortable home.

The Bay Area Housing Finance Authority (BAHFA) recently collaborated with New York City-based Jonathan Rose Cos. and its nonprofit partner, Pacific Housing, to keep San Jose's The Grove apartments affordable by utilizing the Welfare Tax Exemption Preservation Program.

As real estate agents often say, every house has a story to tell. In a quiet community-driven neighborhood in Oakland, there's a 1940s home that has been given a new lease on life.