Housing

Group housing, or co-living, can help respond to the need for lower rents and more housing choices in the Bay Area. The co-living concept centers around renting bedrooms in a multi-bedroom building

Inclusionary housing, or the practice of requiring affordable housing units within a mostly market-rate development, is a key tool for creating housing affordability without government subsidy. For

The Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) depicts the area where human-made structures and infrastructure are found in or adjacent to areas prone to wildfire.

In 2017, as part of the San Pablo Avenue Specific Plan Priority Development Area (PDA), the City of El Cerrito conducted an analysis of its affordable housing needs and developed an affordable housing

The use of factory-built or offsite construction techniques is a promising but controversial path toward reducing construction costs in the expensive San Francisco Bay Area. This 2017 report

Continuity of infrastructure systems in the wake of a major seismic event is essential for quick recovery of societal and economic functions. A single earthquake event is likely to disrupt key

In response to a lack of affordable housing suited to the needs of changing households, a number of jurisdictions have revised their regulations to permit the development of more compact rental

As developers seek higher density and higher revenue per square foot to offset rising land value and construction costs while holding rents at an affordable level relative to income, markets have seen

Local governments and community advocates have become increasingly interested in creating community land trusts to protect affordability, whether for residential, commercial or agricultural/open space