Housing & Homelessness

State of the Bay unpacks the recent chaos at the San Francisco Unified School District, delves into the Bay Area’s persistent struggle to provide enough affordable homes for its residents and interviews naturalist & author Obi Kaufmann

Evictions in Santa Clara County increased greatly last year following the expiration of previous tenant protections from the pandemic.

San Francisco’s overdose deaths are down by eight percent compared to this time last year, according to a press conference held by the city’s Department of Public Health just yesterday.

In June, the Supreme Court gave cities broad powers to clear homeless encampments. Now it looks like that decision is having local ripples. An injunction against San Francisco designed to protect encampment residents is being lifted.

The effects of the new state housing law enacted late last month, have already hit San Francisco.

How one man is helping unhoused people wash their clothes, and through that, listening to their stories.

In a new California law that went into effect July 1st, security deposits for renters can be no higher than one month’s rent.

In honor of Mother’s Day we bring you a different story of motherhood. From the audio documentary Dependance, a personal account of one parent’s experience with substance abuse.

As San Francisco has cracked down on encampments, the number of tents on city streets is going down. But does a reduction in encampments actually equate to a reduction in homelessness?

The third of four recent episodes about the Bay Area from the locally produced California Sun podcast. Airing this week on BAY MADE.