Berkeley Housing Authority

The city of Berkeley has allocated all of its 51 emergency housing vouchers, or EHVs, which were provided to the city as part of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Countywide, 875 have been allocated.

Resources for Community Development, or RCD, the developer of the supportive housing at People’s Park, has pulled out of the project, according to an RCD statement.

Rashi Kesarwani is running for reelection to her seat as District 1 council member for the next term in the 2022 election.

The Housing Choice Voucher Program, or Section 8, is the largest affordable housing program in the United States to date, but this year, only 2,000 Section 8 vouchers will be granted to residents in Berkeley even though over 20,000 residents applied.

The new housing structures planned at People’s Park will add approximately 1,100 beds of on-campus, below-market housing to the UC Berkeley campus.

A lot has changed in Berkeley’s housing landscape since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Housing prices have increased, while residents have had to adapt to ongoing policy changes.

Students and activists blocked off Sather Gate on Wednesday to protest against UC Berkeley’s plans to build on People’s Park.

All Souls Episcopal Parish, or ASEP, and Satellite Affordable Housing Associates, or SAHA, broke ground Wednesday on Jordan Court for a project that will build 34 affordable homes for seniors in Berkeley.

Two separate lawsuits were filed against Berkeley Housing Authority on Monday for alleged housing law violations.

For George Cassity, a member of Berkeley’s homeless population, living without shelter has health repercussions that go beyond those that the average person might experience. Cassity has lung cancer, and one complication of his treatment is that being out in the sun for longer than 30 minutes could worsen his condition.