UC Berkeley NewsCenter » housing http://newscenter.berkeley.edu News from the University of California, Berkeley Thu, 23 May 2013 20:03:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Campus housing and transportation survey going out this week http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/03/05/26055/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/03/05/26055/#comments Mon, 05 Mar 2012 19:26:55 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=26055 Curious to know how many people drive to get to campus? So are UC Berkeley’s planners. This week, they will email a survey asking students, staff and faculty for information on transportation and housing. This survey has been done every three years since 1980. In addition to informing campus transportation and housing initiatives, it provides details valuable to the work [...]]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/03/05/26055/feed/ 0 With streamlined regulations, in-law units could boost East Bay affordable housing stock and economy, study finds http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/09/13/in-law-units-east-bay/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/09/13/in-law-units-east-bay/#comments Tue, 13 Sep 2011 19:49:42 +0000 Kathleen Maclay http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=16489 With streamlined regulations, in-law units could boost East Bay affordable housing stock and economy, study findsIn-law units could provide needed affordable housing and boost the economies of five East Bay communities, according to a new UC Berkeley study that recommends adjusting local regulations so that can happen.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/09/13/in-law-units-east-bay/feed/ 0 Time to buy? Berkeley’s Rosen sees promise in housing market http://www.marketwatch.com/video/asset/time-to-buy-housing-recovery-underway-2011-07-21/52EDA9A3-4F24-4600-A369-B32AF30C37D0 http://www.marketwatch.com/video/asset/time-to-buy-housing-recovery-underway-2011-07-21/52EDA9A3-4F24-4600-A369-B32AF30C37D0#comments Fri, 05 Aug 2011 19:09:21 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=14584 Time to buy? Berkeley’s Rosen sees promise in housing marketHousing affordability is at its best level in 30 years, according to Ken Rosen of UC Berkeley's Fisher Center for Real Estate, who tells MarketWatch that now is the time to buy and that mortgage rates will be much higher in five years.]]> http://www.marketwatch.com/video/asset/time-to-buy-housing-recovery-underway-2011-07-21/52EDA9A3-4F24-4600-A369-B32AF30C37D0/feed/ 0 Student co-op leverages energy rebates to win federal grant http://berkeleystudentcooperative.org/news/37-in-the-media/1379-berkeley-student-cooperative-leverages-utilities-savings-to-win-federal-stimulus-funds http://berkeleystudentcooperative.org/news/37-in-the-media/1379-berkeley-student-cooperative-leverages-utilities-savings-to-win-federal-stimulus-funds#comments Thu, 09 Jun 2011 23:21:25 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=12716 The City of Berkeley has awarded the Berkeley Student Cooperative a total of $41,655 in federally-funded Money for Energy Efficiency (ME2) grants to pay for replacing the heating systems in two co-op houses.]]> http://berkeleystudentcooperative.org/news/37-in-the-media/1379-berkeley-student-cooperative-leverages-utilities-savings-to-win-federal-stimulus-funds/feed/ 0 Backyard solutions to urban planning issues http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/01/13/backyard-solutions-to-urban-planning-issues/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/01/13/backyard-solutions-to-urban-planning-issues/#comments Fri, 14 Jan 2011 01:04:46 +0000 Kathleen Maclay http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=4444 Backyard solutions to urban planning issuesHundreds of visitors flocked to a new, 420-square-foot cottage in West Berkeley to examine the tiny, sustainably designed "accessory home" as a possible wave of the future. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/01/13/backyard-solutions-to-urban-planning-issues/feed/ 0