Explore Sacramento, California's housing inventory challenges

The curated articles discuss Sacramento's struggle with housing challenges, focusing on development hurdles, affordability, and regulatory changes. Each highlights efforts to increase affordable housing and address homelessness. One article details the adoption of stricter regulations on converted housing to enhance tenant safety, addressing how developers repurpose commercial spaces like hotels to combat homelessness. Another piece shows the city's slow progress in meeting housing development goals, featuring a map of new rental units needed to address the housing crisis.

A planned large apartment complex near the former Sacramento Kings arena illustrates attempts to expand housing opportunities, though the units are not income-restricted. A fourth article describes residents' concerns over annexing 472 acres for new development, fearing environmental impacts and increased traffic.

Cubbies provide storage in Kaylee Hrisoulas’ studio apartment in midtown Sacramento on Friday, Jan. 25, 2025. She shares the 585 square-foot space, which doesn’t include a bedroom, with her partner. It costs about $1,300 a month. By José Luis Villegas

NO. 1: NUMBER OF STUDIO APARTMENTS HAS DOUBLED IN SACRAMENTO REGION IN LAST DECADE. ‘WE DO SACRIFICE’

The Sacramento region featured about 23,500 occupied zero-bedroom housing units in 2023. | Published January 25, 2025 | Read Full Story by Theresa Clift Phillip Reese

NO. 2: SACRAMENTO COUNTY ADOPTS STRICTER REGULATIONS ON CONVERTED HOUSING FOR TENANT SAFETY

The ordinance is in compliance with Senate Bill 1465, which focuses on putting more regulations on substandard housing. | Published February 7, 2025 | Read Full Story by Emma Hall

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NO. 3: INSPIRED BY SHUTTERED FAIR OAKS COMPANY, NEW BILL AIMS TO STOP FRAUD FROM ADU BUILDERS

The bill was introduced Tuesday in the California state legislature. | Published February 19, 2025 | Read Full Story by Theresa Clift

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An artist rendering shows the proposed Merriment Village Apartments, a 218-unit low-income housing complex in Yuba City, with an estimated cost of more than $75 million.

NO. 4: YUBA CITY CAN’T KEEP STATE FUNDS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNLESS IT FINDS $7 MILLION IT DOESN’T HAVE

Yuba City stands to lose more than $24 million in state funds for affordable housing because of a shortfall or a proposed project. | Published March 14, 2025 | Read Full Story by Jake Goodrick

The A.J., the first completed housing project in The Railyards, is seen in a drone photo July 19, 2023, at 6th Street and Railyards Boulevard in Sacramento. The under-construction Sacramento Superior Courthouse rises at right. By Xavier Mascareñas

NO. 5: IS SACRAMENTO MEETING THE NEED FOR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT? SEE A MAP OF NEW RENTAL UNITS

The city was projected to need to build 45,580 housing units between 2021 and 2029. | Published March 14, 2025 | Read Full Story by Theresa Clift

A 200-unit apartment complex called Natomas Gateway is proposed for a vacant lot near the former Sleep Train Arena. The red shading indicates a planned dog park in the top left and a swimming pool in the center.

NO. 6: LARGE APARTMENT COMPLEX PROPOSED FOR LAND NEXT TO FORMER SACRAMENTO KINGS ARENA

The complex will require approval from the city’s Planning and Design Commission. | Published May 6, 2025 | Read Full Story by Theresa Clift

A map of the 472.4 acres of undeveloped agricultural land the Sacramento Local Agency Formation Commission approved to look at building warehouses and other businesses. This map was reviewed by the commission on May 7, 2025 during a public meeting.

NO. 7: SACRAMENTO COMMISSION APPROVES ANNEXING 472 ACRES. RESIDENTS ARE CONCERNED

The project caused division between residents concerned for neighboring habitats and local labor unions seeking job opportunities. | Published May 9, 2025 | Read Full Story by Emma Hall

NO. 8: SACRAMENTO COUNTY UNITES UNINCORPORATED OLD, NEW FOOTHILL FARMS COMMUNITIES

Foothill Farms, with a population of almost 40,000, is located near North Highlands and Carmichael. | Published May 20, 2025 | Read Full Story by Emma Hall

The summary above was drafted with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists in our News division. All stories listed were reported, written and edited by McClatchy journalists.