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Great Start to 2021
Housing advocates have had a lot to celebrate. President Biden’s Executive Order extended the national eviction moratorium through March and a longer extension with increased tenant protections is on the horizon. In addition, flawed rent relief procedures issued by the Trump Administration to access the $25 billion already allocated were tossed and will soon be replaced. Biden ended his first week raising the FEMA reimbursement rate for housing the unhoused in hotels from 75% to 100% that’s a game changer for cities struggling to address homelessness.
Last week also saw the National Low Income Housing Coalition and over 2000 groups ramp up a national drive for significantly increased federal housing funding. I’ve followed national housing politics since Jimmy Carter’s presidency; this is the first time I recall “affordable housing” being highlighted by top officials on the first day of a new presidency.
City Council approves Adeline Corridor plan, kicks off next 2 decades of South Berkeley development
The plan aims for 100% affordable housing at Ashby BART, and 50% throughout the corridor
Read our live tweets from Tuesday’s City Council meeting about the Adeline Corridor Plan.
The Adeline Corridor Specific Plan a six-year process to address the need for affordable housing and heal the wounds of gentrification in South Berkeley passed one last checkpoint Tuesday night with near-unanimous approval from the Berkeley City Council.
The 120-page document lays out an ambitious vision through 2040 to reshape the South Berkeley area near Ashby BART with an estimated 1,500 housing units, commercial space and permanent homes for cultural institutions like the Ashby Flea Market, the Juneteenth Festival and the African American Holistic Resource Center.