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Ben Christopher

Ben Christopher

Housing Reporter at CALmatters

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  • English
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  • Real Estate

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Recent Articles

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One California city’s idea to tackle the housing crisis: Take the stairs

For champions of more housing development, ditching the extra staircase has become a buzzy cause in fighting California's housing crisis.
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A new law makes it easier to build homes near buses. Guess what hou...

After Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law to allow mid-rise apartment buildings near major transit stops, opponents of new housing have a new reason to battle the bus.
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Gavin Newsom signs law overhauling local zoning to build more housing

After weeks of waiting, California’s governor signed a bill that will allow mid-rise apartment buildings near major transit stops in California’s biggest metro areas.
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Why this wealthy Bay Area suburb is at the center of the next big f...

Los Altos Hills agreed to legalize some apartment buildings. Now it wants a do-over.
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California is about to have a massive fight over taxes. Here’s why ...

A low-tax advocacy group seems intent on making the Los Angeles “mansion tax” the face of their statewide tax-capping ballot measure campaign.
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How bad is California’s housing shortage? It depends on who’s doing...

56,000. 2.7 million. 840,000. Why is one of California’s most pressing policy problems so hard to measure?
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Your neighborhood could get seven-story buildings if it's near a tr...

A bill California lawmakers approved allows dense apartments near transit stations, overriding local zoning to address the housing crisis.
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This last-minute deal could stymie a new Santa Barbara apartment bu...

The 270-unit is proposed behind the city’s historic Mission, and in the district of incoming Senate president Monique Limón.
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Breakthrough on California housing could put taller buildings in si...

The Yes In My Backyard housing movement is close to another victory in the California Legislature as a bill to ease construction near transit stations moves forward.
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Hidden in Trump’s spending package: A surprise boost to California’...

A change to federal tax credits could allow affordable housing production in California to as much as double, experts say.
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California affordable housing programs are on the chopping block af...

Many California cities require developers to build affordable housing or pay fees to support construction of those units. A new lawsuit contends those fees are unconstitutional.