Housing

The same story is playing out, over and over: People are flocking to the Bay Area for high-skilled, highly paid jobs, while cashiers and teachers are, increasingly, saying goodbye to a place they no longer can afford.

A sweeping bill that would have given the state unprecedented power over local development failed in its first committee hearing, crushing the hopes of those who saw it as the key to making housing in the state more affordable.

Clark County, Nev., is applying for millions in federal dollars to fund low-income housing and fight homelessness.

With manufactured housing growth still sluggish, industry advocates want the Department of Housing and Urban Development rules to be more in line with current building trends.

Fed up with soaring prices that are increasingly putting homeownership, or even a decent rental, out of reach, Bay Area residents overwhelmingly say they want more housing built. But it better not make their commutes worse.

Supporters of an unreleased bill to revamp the housing finance system say the plan strikes a middle ground that can gain support from both sides of the aisle.

Area campgrounds reported a rush on bookings in the immediate aftermath of the fires.

Fewer people own their homes, and that's squeezing the rental market as more families sign leases instead of mortgages.

Craig Phillips, a top aide to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, said his department "broadly" agrees with the FHFA plan, which would return Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to the private market and provide them an explicit government guarantee.

The HUD inspector general is conducting a wide-ranging audit into how Buffalo's public housing authority spent tens of millions of dollars over the past two years.