Housing on the South Coast in 2030: What’s Ahead? Starting today, what steps can we take to begin resolving our community’s housing crisis? We have a chance to embrace big ideas which could make a significant and positive difference for our community’s future....
The Solvang School District has recently undertaken a variety of facility and frontage improvements for their elementary school. One of the areas of focus for these improvements was the courtyard at their upper campus. The District saw this courtyard as an opportunity...
A new 32-unit, three-story apartment complex may soon be coming to downtown Santa Maria following approval of a project permit that allows reduction of on-site parking from the required 24 spots down to seven. The market-rate Vino Bello Apartments, designed by San...
Housing experts came together via Zoom on Friday to discuss statewide housing issues and how jurisdictions are pivoting from old ways of regulating design to using objective design standards for multi-unit residential development. The discussion was part of the...
By edhat staff A new development project has been proposed that will demolish and rebuild an entire block in Santa Barbara’s Funk Zone. The area includes the block cornered by Santa Barbara Street, E. Mason Street, Gray Avenue, and E. Yanonali Street....
Source: Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara As COVID-19 continues to re-shape life in the U.S., one thing for certain is that the record-high increase in unemployment goes hand in hand with a shortage of affordable housing. This is especially hard for...
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