Black and Latino Californians face the greatest barriers to homeownership, new study says. Thatā€™s almost 60% of Fresno

Black and Latino households are lagging behind their white and Asian peers when it comes to homeownership throughout California, including Fresno. Thatā€™s according to a new report from the California Association of Realtors. The annual report, released in April, breaks down housing affordability by ethnicity. A median-priced home in Fresno County is $410,000, and theā€¦

This program helped Fresno renters find affordable housing in a competitive market. It might lose funding.

Some cash-strapped Fresnans lucky enough to receive federal assistance have had an easier time finding housing in recent months, but that luck might not last much longer. The redemption rate of the Housing Choice Voucher Program, formerly known as Section 8, has improved with the introduction of new initiatives by the Fresno Housing Authority. Theā€¦

Whatā€™s on the horizon for Fresno real estate? ‘Thatā€™s a game changer’

Fresno real estate leaders are celebrating some industry wins in the county over the last year, including completed affordable housing projects and below-average vacancy rates in office and retail spaces. But they acknowledge many challenges lie ahead for the real estate sector in 2024 as ambitious projects like the Southeast Development Area face a feasibilityā€¦

Public hearing on Fresno’s rejected housing plans. Critics call city efforts ‘lackluster’

The Fresno City Council on Thursday will publicly discuss the cityā€™s housing plans for the first time since the state rejected Fresnoā€™s housing element last month. In a Feb. 1 letter to Fresno leaders, the California Department of Housing and Community Development said the cityā€™s plans were insufficient and lacked details for addressing some ofā€¦

Fresno mobile home residents score ā€˜huge winā€™ over corporate owners ā€“ but the fight isnā€™t over

Calling it a ā€œhuge win,ā€ residents of an embattled mobile home park in northeast Fresno are celebrating a court ruling this week they say protects them from swift evictions and blocks the corporate owners from shutting the park down without city approval.  Fresno County Superior Court Judge D. Tyler Tharpe upheld a previous ruling thatā€¦

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