Making It in the Bay

An idea that started in New York City to fight hunger has now made its way to San Francisco, Los Angeles, Oakland and soon San Jose.

After struggling to survive the pandemic, Bay Area restaurants are suddenly hot again — at least when it comes to creating jobs.

Bay Area rents continued to drop in June, according to rental listing site Zumper.

The top 10 richest Silicon Valley moguls, all of whom are white men, are worth a combined $248.2 billion yet the number of Black women employed by 10 of the valley’s largest tech companies is zero, according to a study out of San Jose State University.

A combination of many leaving the region and more people working from home are contributing to decline in rent prices.

Renters in multiple Bay Area counties could be receiving an extended lifeline this week as those local governments consider extending moratoriums on evictions.

Surveys show a growing number of tech workers now say if they can work from home, they would likely work from home in a cheaper state.

After only being able to offer virtual tours for the past several weeks due to the coronavirus pandemic, Bay Area real estate agents can now walk prospective buyers through homes as long as they follow certain guidelines.

Two homeless women surrounded by a group of protesters took over a vacant house Friday in San Francisco’s Castro District.

The COVID-19 crisis has hit eateries especially hard, but an East Bay restaurant has launched an idea to help feed the homeless while keeping some employees working during shelter at home orders.

The mayors of California’s biggest cities had a “robust” discussion with Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday, highlighting their opposition to his plan on how to spend $750 million to combat the state’s homelessness crisis.

In their latest bid to combat California’s affordable housing crisis, state lawmakers on Monday announced a package of bills to limit development fees that can add tens of thousands of dollars to the price of a new home.

Even though some studies say the Bay Area is one of the healthiest, happiest places around, one local survey says there’s lots of issues.

A new report by Lending Tree says San Jose has one of the highest rates of millennial home-buyers in the nation. Millennials spend an average of almost $150,000 for a down payment and their average credit score is 720 at an average age of 32.

Apartment listing service Rent Café says January rents rose highest in the past year in Napa, up nearly 7% over 2019. Oakland also soared, up nearly 6%, San Francisco saw 2% hike, and San Jose was relatively “flat.”

How far can you get with $1.3 million in the Concord housing market compared to Boise, Idaho, and Phoenix, Arizona? NBC Bay Area’s Scott McGrew takes a look.

In the pricey Bay Area, some folks are choosing unconventional and cheaper approaches to housing, including one that provides people with a modest sleeping pod for $1,200 per month.

On the evening of Valentine’s Day, dozens of Oakland tenants and their supporters chose a San Francisco restaurant and hotel owned by their landlord to protest increasing rents.

At City College of San Francisco, a dozen or so students have formed a community, living off the grid in solar-powered camper vans at the edge of campus, building and maintaining their tiny homes together. Faced with some of the highest rent in the world, some say it’s a financial decision to emerge from school with a small savings, rather...

When it comes to finding places to live for the homeless or low-income families, the most important thing is the home itself. But what about what goes in it? One San Francisco hotel has come up with an innovative way to reduce waste and turn those houses into homes. Garvin Thomas reports.