Marin Housing Authority makes it easier to evict tenants – Marin Independent Journal

How absurd is this?
Marin Housing Authority makes it easier to evict tenants
By Richard HalsteadPosted: 10/06/2009 06:38:37 PM PDT
New policies that would make it easier to evict tenants from public housing or force them to move to smaller units received a drubbing Tuesday from tenants who attended a meeting of the Marin County Housing Authority Board [...]

Marin music festival to help families facing foreclosure – Marin Independent Journal

Marin music festival to help families facing foreclosure
By Jim Staats
A growing effort to help Marin homeowners facing foreclosure is seeking a financial boost from a musical benefit this weekend in Novato.
Marinstock, a daylong program set to begin at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Hamilton Amphitheater in Novato, will feature a host of Bay Area musicians, [...]

Marin Housing Authority – Comment Period for 2010 Annual Plan

Leelee Thomas, Affordable Housing Program Coordinator at the County of Marin, sent us the important message below about Marin Housing Authority’s Plan and opportunities for public comment.
http://www.marinhousing.org/Comment_Period.htm

Comment Period for 2010 Annual Plan

Marin Housing Authority announces the 45-day public review and comment period on the DRAFT 2010 Annual Plan and 5-Year [...]

JOIN US AT OUR UPCOMING QUARTERLY MEETING ON AUGUST 7, 2009

Grassroots Leadership Network
Summer 2009 Meeting
“Roots, Roofs and Power”
co-hosted with ISOJI

Grassroots Leadership Network of Marin will host its 2nd quarterly meeting of the year on Friday, August 7, from 11:00 am to 2 pm. This meeting will be held at the Connection Center located at The Marin Health & Wellness Center, 3110 Kerner Blvd. in San [...]

Community Design and Affordable Housing Workshop

Community Design and Affordable Housing
Guest Speaker: Peter Waller, Pyatok Architects, Inc.
It is possible to create affordable homes for our workforce and maintain the unique character of our communities!
Peter Waller has over twenty years of experience in mixed-use and transit oriented development and is dedicated to the gradual re-building [...]

Smart growth urged along SMART rail line in Marin – Marin Independent Journal

One key element of Smart Growth (and, consequently, healthy communities) is housing that can be afforded by local workers:
“Creating homes that are affordable to local workers would also help reduce long commutes and enable people to live in the community they serve.”
More workforce housing units would provide our families and children more quality of [...]

Novato Public Hearing – Housing Element Update

Hello, Novato community members!
This is a great opportunity to have your voice heard on the importance of affordable workforce housing in Novato and really influence public decisions on this issue ! This Monday, the Planning Commission will be reviewing the options of potential sites for future housing units. You don’t want to miss this one!
Let us [...]

Worker on Hamilton Pool project released from hospital – Marin Independent Journal

Worker on Hamilton Pool project released from hospital
Brent Ainsworth
Posted: 05/19/2009 04:49:37 PM PDT
A construction worker who had been hospitalized since May 7 with a serious skin condition since working on a Hamilton Pool renovation project in Novato was released over the weekend, officials said Tuesday.
Rebecca Ng, Marin County’s interim deputy director of environmental health, and [...]

Marin’s First Annual Great American Write-In!

Hopefully this will be the first of many great write-ins  in Marin! Join us this Saturday at the one-stop “speak out” event! Kudos to Moira, from the California Clean Money Campaign, for the initiative!
Marin’s First Annual Great American Write-In!
WHO: Leading advocacy and community groups and their supporters
WHAT: At Marin’s Great American Write-In, sponsoring organizations will invite [...]

Marin homeless shelters threatened by reduced funding – Marin Independent Journal

More than 600 residents, organizations and other community stakeholders spoke up last year during the process to update the  Marin County Grassroots Policy Agenda and identified housing as the top pressing issue area to be addressed in the County.  It is astonishing to see our County moving “backwards” and loosing many years of great work [...]