ABAG and HCD are partnering to implement a regional technical assistance program.
We hope you will join us for an interactive webinar on July 29th, where we will introduce the program and explain some of the technical assistance tools being developed.
Housing topics for which technical assistance...
The Local Early Action Planning (LEAP) grant program’s deadline has been extended to January 31, 2021! You still have time to apply.
Jurisdictions that did not apply: For cities and counties that were not able to meet the July 1, 2020 deadline, you still have more time. You now have until January...
As the Bay Area continues to contend with the coronavirus pandemic that requires residents to maintain physical distancing, MTC/ABAG staff are offering digital alternatives for planned in-person public engagement activities scheduled to begin this month.
There will be nine county-specific virtual...
RHNA is the state-mandated process to identify the number of housing units, by affordability level, that each jurisdiction must accommodate in the Housing Element of its General Plan (Government Code §65584). As part of this process, the California Department of Housing and Community...
During this challenging time, BayREN Home+ program is helping families reduce energy bills while making their homes healthier and more comfortable this summer with an additional $1,000 to the $5,000 in rebates for energy efficiency upgrades.
Families can prepare their homes for the summer heat with...
Dear Bay Area Residents,
Communities nationwide and across the Bay Area are expressing their anguish and outrage over the recent violent deaths of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and George Floyd and the systemic injustice that their deaths, and too many more, reveal in our society. As regional...
A new segment of the Bay Trail, the Albany Beach Bay Trail behind Golden Gate Fields in Berkeley/Albany, opened in May and has garnered praise in an article in the San Francisco Chronicle.
“With the completion of this segment of Bay Trail connecting over 50 existing trail miles, one can begin to...
The Bay Area's affordable housing crisis will be the subject of the first Bay Area Metro Talks Equity Series launching Wednesday, June 3 at 10 a.m.
ABAG and MTC have opened a second call for Letters of Interest for new and modified Priority Development Areas (PDAs) in advance of the Plan Bay Area 2050 Final Blueprint.
Analysis of the Draft Blueprint’s growth geographies and strategies is currently underway. However, local jurisdictions have a...
The Bay Area Regional Energy Network (BayREN) is focused on meeting the needs of its stakeholders and partners in the nine county Bay Area during this unprecedented COVID-19 crisis by expanding its energy-saving programs and offering trainings and forums.
More information on BayREN's effort can be...
