The 2021 Santa Barbara Housing Conference Virtual Workshop Series builds from the years of community education to ensure continual discussion and ongoing problem solving to help correct our housing crisis.
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The 6th Annual Santa Barbara Housing Conference has been rescheduled for Friday, October 2nd, 2020 from 8:30am to 2:30pm. The original conference date was Friday, May 1, 2020.
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Inaugural February 2020 Housing & Development Report digs deeper on ongoing coverage of local housing issues, needs and limitations
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“…three key findings from a newly released, no-holds-barred report on the State Street vacancy problem and the recommended steps City Hall ought to take to save its downtown.”
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“In the past six years, 233 new units of rental housing have been built courtesy of the AUD initiative. Hundreds more are in the pipeline. But of those, only four units were approved that are affordable to missing-middle households. State housing regulations require the City of Santa Barbara to approve 816 more by 2023”
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Planning Commission getting progress report on Housing Element; 5-year analysis shows surge of Accessory Dwelling Unit, AUD Program projects
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California’s Housing Crisis and the City of Santa Barbara
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With laws 'basically designed to strip local control,' city planners are working to create objective design standards for development projects.
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