ArtHaus || Bay Area Housing Tracker

Local governments are tweaking state transit-oriented development mandates with targeted adjustments rather than outright resistance.

• Los Angeles...

May housing starts missed expectations at just 1,177,000, as completed single-family inventory exceeded the critical 120,000 threshold and multifamily...

San Francisco's grocery store redevelopment trend accelerates with a proposed 379-unit, six-story project at the Bernal Safeway site, leveraging state...

Pulte Homes plans to build 140 condominiums near Fremont's Warm Springs BART station, highlighting accelerating transit-oriented development momentum in the East Bay.

Oakland's FY25-27 budget passed with $50 million from Measure U earmarked for affordable housing, a clear win for advocates focused on middle-income...

California's new Senate Bill 79 pushes denser housing near transit hubs in the Bay Area and other metros, aiming to add over a million units...

Student housing has become the proving ground for mobile access, app-based payments, and data-driven space management because residents expect...

Multifamily continues to demonstrate strength as the leading CRE sector.

• CMBS delinquencies for multifamily fell to 6.95% in May, down 76 basis...

Belmont-based McLellan Company advances a six-story, 202-unit apartment building at 4095 Pacific Boulevard in San Mateo, steps from Caltrain tracks...

San Francisco Housing Trust Fund Proposal

• 🔥 Charter Amendment for Affordable Housing: SF leaders proposed a charter amendment to double the...

• SF leaders propose a charter amendment doubling the Housing Trust Fund from $52M to over $125M annually, extending it to 2058 for up to $3B in...

The grand opening of Flickr Bird Homes signals fresh momentum for integrated affordable housing projects in East Oakland, blending homes with...

Design imagination is advancing zoning reforms like SB 9—passed in 2021 to allow single-family lot splits and up to two units per lot—and the newer SB...

The 2024 Affordable Homes Act has sparked an ADU mini-boom with an immediate uptick of hundreds of homes since taking effect in February 2025....

Menlo Park faces unprecedented housing battles despite its mandate for 2,946 new units by 2031 and projects like Meta's Willow Village. State measures...

A fresh market review across 26 Bay Area cities—including Oakland—suggests affordability gaps are shifting buyer interest toward condos and townhouses...

CEQA Exemptions Accelerating Bay Area Projects

• 🔥 AB 130 in Action: AB 130 is accelerating mixed-use and apartment proposals by limiting CEQA...

Former SpaceX engineer Nick Callegari's startup Verustruct deploys mobile robotics and AI-powered 3D printing to build affordable homes at scale,...

• U.S. equity REITs averaged a 75.7% AFFO payout ratio for Q1 2026
• Multifamily sector came in at 74.7%, below self-storage's 90.7% peak
• Equity...

Fresh project milestones signal real supply-side progress for climate-friendly affordable homes.

• Tamien Station celebrates ribbon cutting for 135...