An El Cerrito Plaza BART Station affordable housing project, which celebrated the start of construction last week, had an early infusion of dollars from the Bay Area Housing Finance Authority (BAHFA).
In 2024, BayREN expanded its program offerings to help Bay Area local governments and special districts make smarter long-term energy investments through its new Energy Roadmapping service.
Located in a small town in Sonoma County, The Bodega Country Store serves as a local hub offering groceries, locally made products, and everyday essentials to the community. When owner Ariel Coddington began looking for ways to reduce rising utility bills and ongoing maintenance costs, one piece of equipment stood out: the store’s walk-in cooler with a 20-year-old refrigeration system.
The Association of Bay Area Governments and Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) this month approved the Final 2026 Joint Advocacy Program, outlining the agencies’ state and federal legislative priorities for the calendar year.
Top priorities for legislation in both Washington and Sacramento...
Donna Scuitto still remembers when she moved into her Novato home — it was July 4th weekend in 1975. For more than 50 years, the house has been a place of stability and connection for her and her loved ones, where she still hosts friends for card games
The Bay Area Housing Finance Authority (BAHFA) recently finalized a collaboration with Tesseract Capital Group that will help preserve up to 99 affordable homes for families in San Rafael’s Canal District. Through BAHFA’s Welfare Tax Exemption Preservation Program, Tesseract Capital Group will...
The Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) continues to help local governments absorb growth and adapt to change through technical assistance and resources focused on housing, land use, energy efficiency and environmental protections. ABAG celebrated many accomplishments in 2025, including:
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Palo Alto’s Horizontal Levee pilot project, located on a 500-foot-long section of coastline on Harbor Marsh in the Palo Alto Baylands is under construction and set to inform other Bay Area projects advancing sea level rise protections and improving marsh habitat in the San Francisco Bay.
ABAG resilience staff recently hosted the webinar, “Wildfires & Housing: What’s New?” to bring local housing and wildfire professionals up to speed on the latest research, case studies and policy developments at the intersection of wildfire and housing. These webinars build connections between...
Twelve years ago, Shekinah and Christopher Samaya-Thomas purchased their Oakland home through the Oakland Community Land Trust (OakCLT), an organization that expands and preserves affordable housing for low-income residents and communities of color. Between 2011 and 2012, OakCLT helped 20 Oakland residents purchase homes at below-market prices.
