Making It in the Bay

A decaying, 122-year-old property marketed as “the worst house on the best block” of San Francisco has sold for nearly $2 million

The burned husk of a home in Walnut Creek is listed for $850,000.

Gov. Gavin Newsom and California lawmakers agreed Friday to extend the state’s eviction moratorium until Sept. 30 and increase funding relief to tenants and landlords.

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.

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...

People being forced out of their homes as rents skyrocket is not that uncommon in the Bay Area. But most would probably never expect to find the person serving an eviction notice to be homeless.

Unable to keep up with rising rents, tenants of an Oakland apartment building are protesting in a bold way – they’re on a rent strike.