How Much Do You Need to Earn to Afford to Live in Napa Valley? Napa County recently commissioned the State of Housing in Napa Valley report, prepared by Generation Housing (aka Gen H). And the California Housing Partnership recently published the Napa County 2024 Affordable Housing Needs Report. We want Read more…
As wages stagnate and rents continue to rise across the U.S., lower-income renters are increasingly vulnerable to being housing cost-burdened, meaning more than 30 percent of their earnings are spent on housing costs. As a result, they are more frequently threatened with eviction due to their inability to pay rent. Read more…
They teamed up to help build each other’s homes—now they’ve teamed up to score some goals. Brenkle Court FC poses for a photo during the 28th Annual Holiday Cup at Epicenter Sports City in Santa Rosa. Homeowners at Brenkle Court, the first project developed by local affordable housing non-profit Our Read more…
Developing affordable housing is more expensive and takes longer to build than market-rate homes. But why? Here are the major challenges Our Town St. Helena (OTSH) faces as we develop our Pope Street Workforce Housing project (10 units) and the Fountain Street project (approximately 40 units). Complex Financing When the Read more…