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Eight-story Front Street proposal goes to Planning Commission Thursday
Site now occupied by Ace Hardware
Palomar Inn tenants to receive a three-month reprieve from rent hikes
Rent hike notices to be reissued as required by state law
Santa Cruz to lose 20 homeless shelter beds
Housing Matters cites ongoing budget shortfalls
‘Nowhere to go’: Palomar tenants decry rent hikes, cockroaches
Tenants Association says landlord failed to give required notice
Santa Cruz residents make bid to purchase Catalyst building as community-owned venue
More than $500,000 pledged in first 48 hours
Housing development behind Peace United Church grows in size
New application now calls for 47 units
Tenants set to be displaced by new affordable housing in Downtown Santa Cruz
102-unit building approved by planning commission
Local groups collaborating to build sustainable tiny homes for unhoused people
Partners include Mt. Calvary church, People First and Just Places
60-unit Mission Street apartment building attracts early opposition in Santa Cruz
Plans require demolishing medical offices
Santa Cruz city leaders may seek to end safe parking program for homeless people
Coastal Commission expected to renew city’s RV parking ban
Two 60-unit apartment buildings proposed on Mission St. in Santa Cruz
Online community meeting set for April 21
Seven-story affordable housing proposed next to Palomar Inn
Property is owned by mayoral candidate's wife
As lawsuits ensnare three housing proposals, what could it mean for the future of development in Santa Cruz County?
Developer Workbench has more than 200 proposed units tied up in court
279 below-market-rate apartments on tap in Santa Cruz
Center St. proposal switches from market rate to affordable
Developer and residents sue County of Santa Cruz over two Live Oak apartment proposals
Both proposals from developer Workbench invoked Builder’s Remedy
Santa Cruz could trade voting power for prettier developments
City Council to discuss Tuesday
‘The carpet’s been pulled out’: 250 Santa Cruz County households brace for loss of housing subsidy
Emergency vouchers to end as Section 8 waitlist could be put on ice
Overcoming years of financial setbacks, a veterans housing project secures new funding
“I just want it to be done”, Veterans Village inches closer to finishing
Affordable housing applications open on Pacific Ave.
Apply through March 21
Santa Cruz County Supervisors reluctantly approve Live Oak housing project
Neighbors poised to sue over application timeline
Live Oak apartment proposal appears poised for legal battle over state housing law
Supervisors to consider 841 Capitola Road at Tuesday meeting