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The Housing Crisis in Havana

Cubans don’t pay rent and the housing market is mostly outlawed. But Havana is facing a different kind of housing crisis due to crumbling buildings and shortages of materials and cash.

How a Housing Co-Op Seeks to Resist Bay Area Resident Displacement

Reporter Amy Mostafa speaks to the East Bay Real Estate Cooperative’s Noni Session on how their model of co-ownership and co-management works; and their vision for future east bay housing communities.

The highest rents in the Bay: Berkeley student housing

A story that looks at the high cost of student housing at UC Berkeley.

A (Home) Match made in Heaven

Creating affordable housing and unlikely roommate pairs. That’s the goal of Berkeley Home Match- an innovative new housing program being piloted this spring at UC Berkeley. Through an extensive matching process the program connects graduate students looking for housing, with retired UC Staff who have homes to rent; with benefits for both sides. Jesse Clements reports on this unusual collaboration between the UCB Retirement Center, Senior Community Ashby Village and the University itself.

Housing Teachers in the Bay Area

Due to rising housing costs and low pay, school districts across the Bay Area are struggling to retain their teachers. A new proposal in Berkeley seeks to subsidize housing specifically for teachers.

Somebody’s Watching

It turns out that in some cases, your landlord watching you scrub dishes in the kitchen or take a nap on the couch isn’t technically illegal.

Coalition on Homelessness Sleep Out

Thursday, November 16th, 2017, the Coalition on Homelessness of San Francisco is hosting a sleep out. That means housed and unhoused people will gather together to sleep outside on the streets, overnight. There will be food and music and speeches, and the event will go from 5pm Thursday to 6am Friday morning. Housed folks will…