Jul 3, 2020 | Housing, Mountain Community
In late 2018, four North Tahoe-Truckee Special District leaders gathered during a break at a Mountain Housing Council meeting to discuss how they could work together to accelerate housing opportunities for their employees. How could they ensure that the nearly 2,000...
Mar 17, 2020 | Development, Housing
This article was originally published in the Sierra Sun by Hannah Jones on February 28, 2020. The Truckee Town Council has adopted a three-year pilot program aimed at encouraging the construction of Accessory Dwelling units, or ADUs, across town and increasing the...
Feb 20, 2020 | Housing, Placer County
Placer County’s Short-Term Rental Program establishes rules for vacation rentals in unincorporated areas of eastern Placer County. As of January 1, 2020, all short-term rentals in eastern Placer County (homes located above the 5,000-foot elevation) must...
Jan 7, 2020 | Development, Placer County
Dollar Creek Crossing Community Meeting When: January 8, 2020, 5:30 – 7:30pm Where: Fairway Community Center – Lakeview Room 330 Fairway Drive, Tahoe City Since the last community meeting on July 29, 2020, the County has been working to revise the site...
Dec 16, 2019 | Accessory Dwelling Unit, Housing, Local, MHC, Mountain Community, Research, White Paper
Media Contact Emily Vitas emily@ttcf.net 530-906-3810 For Immediate Release Mountain Housing Council Releases Accessory Dwelling Unit White Paper Mountain Housing Council of Tahoe Truckee’s most recent paper highlights accessory dwelling units as one of many...
Dec 5, 2019 | Accessory Dwelling Unit, Development, Housing, Local, Tiny Homes, Workforce Housing
Originally published in the Sierra Sun by Hannah Jones hjones@sierrasun.com Truckee is moving forward with plans to incentivize construction of accessory dwelling units, or ADUs, to provide more affordable housing stock in the town. The town currently has $2 million...
Dec 5, 2019 | Development, Housing, Mountain Community, Placer County
Originally published in the Sierra Sun by Hannah Jones hjones@sierrasun.com Placer County is moving forward with establishing a private trust to fund affordable housing projects. “The idea is to provide gap funding to affordable builders with real projects,” Jeff...
Nov 14, 2019 | Housing, Local, Workforce Housing
Originally published in Moonshine Ink, November 14, 2019 By Moonshine Ink Staff Question to both Seana Doherty and Chris Egger (whose response is linked here): Does the achievable local housing definition take attention and possibly funding away from those who most...
Nov 14, 2019 | Accessory Dwelling Unit, Development, Housing, Local, Mountain Community, Tiny Homes, Workforce Housing
Originally published in Moonshine Ink, October 10, 2019. By Jill Sanford The California State Legislature passed into law proposals brought forth by the Town of Truckee disallowing homeowners associations from regulating ADUs, validating an attempt to ease organic...
