RHTA in the News

Read coverage of the Regional Housing Technical Assistance Program in local and national media outlets.

ABAG-MTC Receive Award of Excellence from APA California for Regional Housing Technical Assistance Program

ABAG-MTC and partners Community Planning Collaborative have received the 2023 Planning Agency Award of Excellence from the American Planning Association (APA) California Chapter for the Regional Housing Technical Assistance (RHTA) Program. This award brings state-level recognition to the three-year-old program.

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ABAG-MTC win top award for Regional Housing Technical Assistance Program

ABAG-MTC won the Award of Excellence (first place) for the Regional Housing Technical Assistance (RHTA) program in the Planning Agency (public sector) Category as part of APA’s 2023 Northern Section Awards Program.

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Map Monday: Public Participation in Housing Plan Updates

ABAG purchased licenses for Balancing Act, a map-based simulation tool that all local governments in the Bay Area could use to engage with residents in an interactive way. Read more about how the City of Fairfax used the tool to engage residents in this case study from Data-Smart City Solutions, a publication of the Bloomberg Center for Cities at Harvard University.

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Platform Digitizes Painful Planning Process To Provide Greater Access To Affordable Housing

By Jennifer Castenson, Forbes.com

Read about our work to provide digital planning tools with Symbium.

A look at ABAG's Regional Housing Technical Assistance Program

Read the overview of RHTA's first year.

Making it Possible: Convening on SB 9 and Middle Housing Brings Together Planners, HCD and Other Housing Practitioners

Learn more about our convening on missing middle housing.

Bay Area’s Regional Housing Technical Assistance Program

Featured on the CALCOG website

Learn about how ABAG is using REAP funds to further housing policies.