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Fair Housing gets lift from Washington — Marin IJ Readers’ Forum

Marin IJ Readers’ Forum It’s been a good month for fair housing. The Supreme Court decision three weeks ago on disparate impact upheld the 2013 Housing and Urban Development department rule clarifying the use of disparate impact analysis, affirming that even unintentional discriminatory policies are against the law. Last week, the administration released a new…

Marin Voice: Plan Bay Area follows Marin’s land-use model

By Kiki La Porta, David Kunhardt and Cesar Lagleva Marin IJ Voice – POSTED: 06/06/15, 12:52 PM PDT Marin likes to lead in sustainability. Four decades ago, we were first in the nation to set urban growth boundaries. Marin’s 1972 Countywide Plan downzoned all of West Marin to protect open space and agriculture. Key to…

Marin Voice: A case for affordable housing in Marin

By Shiraz Kaderali Posted: 05/17/15, 10:41 AM PDT | In a recent Marin Voice column, Justin Kai and Lisa Culbertson Simmons decry the push for workforce housing, stating that it “simply does not exist.” It does. While affordable housing is not restricted to applicants in the workforce and a few units are expressly restricted to…

FOCUS: Elections matter!
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FOCUS: Elections matter!

10 reasons to VOTE for a County Supervisor who supports environmentally friendly affordable housing… Almost 27,000lower-income Marin households spend more than 30% of their income on housing. The single largest source ofgreenhouse gas emissions is transportation. Our lack of affordable housing is a major factor. 68,000 people commute from other counties to work lower-wage jobs in Marin because they can’t afford to…

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FOCUS: Economic Impacts

The lack of affordable housing costs everyone The majority of Marin’s workforce commutes from other counties to work in lower-wage service jobs…which are the fastest-growing sector of Marin’s labor market.  Why do 68,000 people endure the cost, time, and stress of long commutes? Most cannot afford to live close to where they work. Maybe you think that it…

Marin Voice: Marin must question candidates on housing

Marin Voice: Marin must question candidates on housing

By Larry Kennings Marin IJ – Posted: 05/14/16 Despite the histrionics of the presidential campaigns, it is critical that Marin voters focus on our state, county and local elections this primary season. In addition to any other issues important to you, the Marin Environmental Housing Collaborative urges you to consider local candidates’ positions on housing…

Millennials are leaving these 10 big American cities in droves because of high home prices
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Millennials are leaving these 10 big American cities in droves because of high home prices

High home prices are pushing three groups of people out of big, expensive cities: low-income workers, people in rural-based industries, and millennials. Trulia data scientist Mark Uh examined how the affordability crisis is pricing out various income groups. Using data from the 2014 five-year US Census American Community Survey, Uh looked into migration patterns away from the biggest —…