California conducts a Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) every eight years, which determines how many housing units need to be built in each jurisdiction.

New Safe Homes grants program, taking effect on Jan. 1, 2026, could begin taking applications in the spring, CA insurance department says.

Jonathan Bach joins the Exchange.

For generations it’s been a near article of faith that homeownership beats out being a renter. In California in 2025, having a landlord has its perks.

Three new pro-development appointees at the powerful Coastal Commission are trying to remedy its poor reputation among housing activists and Democratic leaders.

The money from the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality will convert vacant or low-occupancy nonresidential buildings into affordable housing. That could include industrial or commercial buildings as well as hotels or motels.

JPR reporter Jane Vaughan joins the Exchange.

Joining the Exchange is Kendyl Kaplan, Executive Director of Rebuilding Together Rogue Valley.

Jonathan Bach joins the Exchange.

More than one in four homeless people in Oregon are over the age of 55. As the state’s population gets older, many seniors rely on a fragile social safety net.

For the first time in years, Oregon landlords governed by the state’s rent stabilization law can’t hand out double-digit rent increases.

Gov. Gavin Newsom will have to decide soon if renters can fight eviction if their Social Security checks are disrupted during President Trump’s second term.