Standing amid a new housing development in progress on the outskirts of southwest Fresno, city councilmembers Esmeralda Soria, Miguel Arias, and Luis Chavez unveiled a new housing plan on Wednesday. The No Place Like Home initiative will be on the agenda at Thursday's council meeting, which will focus on Fresno's...
$38M State Grant Will Speed Old Smuggler’s Inn Housing Conversion
A $38.3 million state grant will help speed up the conversion of the former Smuggler's Inn into permanent affordable housing for homeless people in Fresno. Previously, the former hotel was updated and renovated to give homeless people longer-term, immediate housing, and help prevent the spread of COVID-19 among the unhoused....
Fresno Judge Delays Decision on Future of Trails End Mobile Home Park
Residents of troubled Trails End Mobile Home Park arrived at the B. F. Sisk Courthouse in downtown Fresno early Friday morning to hear news about the park's future. They packed the small courtroom hoping that the judge would decide not to sell the park to Stockton-based Harmony Communities. The...
Who is the Company Seeking to Buy Troubled Fresno Mobile Home Park?
With only one day left, residents of Trails End will soon find out whether their mobile park will get a new owner – a transaction many of them vigorously oppose. Harmony Communities, a Stockton-based firm that buys mobile home parks and manufactures tiny homes and trailers, wants to buy...
Renovated Hotel Fresno is Backdrop for State, Local Affordable Housing Message
A herd of Fresno City Council members and leaders, including California state assembly members walked up and down and all around the historic Hotel Fresno on Thursday for an up close view of the downtown building's renovation. After remaining vacant for decades with graffiti covering the walls and corridors, and...
First U.S. 3D-Printed Housing Community Planned For Rancho Mirage
[aggregation-styles] My News LA Rancho Mirage will be the location of the country’s first 3D-printed housing community, which is set to be ready for move-in by early next year, according to the builders. Beverly Hills-based development group Palari is teaming with Mighty Buildings, a construction technology company based in Oakland,...
Opinion: Prop. 21 Will Make Valley’s Housing Crisis Even Worse for Latinos — And the Rest of Us
As our region continues to reel from an economic crisis sparked by the COVID-19 outbreak, many people throughout the Central Valley continue to struggle to make ends meet. Now, more than ever, the lack of available affordable housing is a pressing issue for Valley residents. A measure on the November...
Swearengin Says VMT Is Tool to Build Fresno’s Economy. Others Disagree.
Former Fresno Mayor Ashley Swearengin said "something definitely needs to change" when it comes to meeting Fresno's housing needs. And the state's controversial new VMT law, she said, "is a tool" for fixing what she describes as the city's history of unsustainable development. Swearengin made the comments in a statewide...
CA Home Sales Fall to Lowest Level Since the Great Recession, Bay Area and Coast See Biggest Drops
According to the California Association of Realtors, home sales in the state fell to the lowest level since the Great Recession as the housing market suffered the full impact of the coronavirus pandemic in May. CAR's May report shows sales remained below 300,000 for the second straight month. “The sharp...
Wiener’s New Housing Bill Would Still End Single-Family-Only Zoning — but More 'Gently'
For three straight years, state Sen. Scott Wiener has tried to force California cities to swallow more apartment buildings near public transit, arguing it’s the only way the state can fill its crippling housing shortage and meet its ambitious climate goals. For three straight years, a shifting coalition of local...