Housing in Tahoe during COVID-19
September 4, 2020 Stacy Caldwell, CEO Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation Lately, I have been getting a lot of questions about how our housing challenges are changing in the Tahoe Truckee area since the pandemic. As the founder of our regional Mountain Housing Council...
Rural Community Recognizes Need to Stop Evictions With AB 1436 Legislation
State Policy Update – September 4, 2020 Senate Floor Alert AB 1436 > AB 3088 Partners consisting of the Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation, Truckee Tahoe Airport, Truckee North Tahoe Transportation Management Association, Tahoe Prosperity Center, and the...
CEC Announces Grant Funding Opportunity for Next EPIC Challenge
The California Energy Commission (CEC) is announcing a new grant funding challenge in September for the next Electric Program Investment Charge (EPIC) program. Up to $48 million in funding to be awarded to multidisciplinary project teams who can design and build a...
Local Agencies Doing Their Part to House Essential Workers
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...
Sierra Sun – Truckee adopts program to pave the way for construction of secondary units
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...
Short-Term Rentals in the Spotlight
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...
Upcoming Meeting: Dollar Creek Crossing
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...
Mountain Housing Council Releases Accessory Dwelling Unit 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...
Truckee paving way for construction of secondary units November 15, 2019
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...
