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BayREN Trainings Offer Real Estate Agents Guide to Sustainable and Resilient Housing Real Estate agents

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BayREN Trainings Offer Real Estate Agents Guide to Sustainable and Resilient Housing

Through BayREN trainings, real estate professionals can better understand and communicate the connections between climate, health and energy in homes.

BAHFA Releases First Bay Area Eviction Study Reports The Richardson Housing supportive housing complex in San Francisco, with a view of City Hall in the background.

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BAHFA Releases First Bay Area Eviction Study Reports

The Bay Area Housing Finance Authority (BAHFA) today released the first components of its Bay Area Eviction Study – the first study of its kind to look at the rates and characteristics of evictions across the Bay Area. The release includes:

Plan Bay Area 2050+ Final Blueprint Underscores Progress Toward Key Goals  Aerial over Oakland.

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Plan Bay Area 2050+ Final Blueprint Underscores Progress Toward Key Goals 

The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) and the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) have advanced the Plan Bay Area 2050+ Final Blueprint into the environmental review phase, as required under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).

BAHFA Taps Housing Industry Veterans as Strategic Advisors BayREN

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BAHFA Taps Housing Industry Veterans as Strategic Advisors

The Bay Area Housing Finance Authority (BAHFA) today announced the addition of Lydia Tan and Carol Galante as advisors to help guide BAHFA through its strategic planning process.

Tan has deep roots as an affordable housing developer, serving for nearly 20 years at BRIDGE Housing, including as...

ABAG-MTC's "Accessible Futures" Conference Addresses Critical Issues Accessible-Futures conference

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ABAG-MTC's "Accessible Futures" Conference Addresses Critical Issues

More than 150 people took part today in ABAG and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission's "Accessible Futures: Sharing. Listening. Learning" — a disability-led community conversation on housing, transportation, the environment and other critical issues at the Bay Area Metro Center in San Francisco.

Updated Bay Area Energy Atlas Now Online

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Updated Bay Area Energy Atlas Now Online

The Bay Area Energy Atlas — one of the most comprehensive tools of its kind in the country — has just been updated with new features, expanded data, and a more user-friendly interface. Developed by the California Center for Sustainable Communities at UCLA in partnership with BayREN, this publicly available resource provides in-depth insight into building energy consumption across the Bay Area.

ABAG and MTC Participate in Affordable Housing Month Open House senior LGBT community apartment building in San Francisco.

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ABAG and MTC Participate in Affordable Housing Month

As part of the Bay Area’s Affordable Housing Month – a time of conversations and events highlighting the impact of affordable housing in the Bay Area – staff from ABAG and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) participated in three panel discussions and highlighted the agencies’ work in...

SFEP Helps Lead Work on Unique First Mile Horizontal Levee Project Featured on "OpenRoad" Open Road SFEP

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SFEP Helps Lead Work on Unique First Mile Horizontal Levee Project Featured on "OpenRoad"

The First Mile Horizontal Levee Project is being featured on NBC Bay Area ’s OpenRoad program, highlighting an innovative nature-based shoreline adaptation along the Hayward shoreline.