Marin is considering a host of measures to address the county’s growing affordable housing shortage as rents and home prices continue to skyrocket.
The county hosted a workshop to discuss ways to address the problem on Tuesday, focusing on three general strategies: turning existing housing into affordable housing, new construction such as second units, and tenant’s rights including rent stabilization—which limits rent increases—and requiring just cause for evictions.
County staffers painted a bleak picture in…