Housing and Homelessness

BERKELEY, CA – The City of Berkeley Department of Health, Housing, and Community Services (HHCS) recently submitted an Affordable Housing Preference Policy (HPP) document to City Council that is focused on both preventing displacement in Berkeley and responding to displacement…

In Berkeley, rising rents and the price of buying a home has pushed people into overcrowded living conditions and increased homelessness. Many cannot afford the ever-rising rents: they include students, those on fixed or low incomes, people living with disabilities,…