Latest snapshot: the three months ending August 2026
The City Council took up a service contract for a senior housing project for people leaving homelessness and heard an update from its housing and homelessness task force. Two property maps, including one for the Norwood Townhomes, moved quietly through the system.
At its October 13 meeting, the Sacramento City Council took up its yearly plan for federal housing and homelessness dollars, a proposal to create a new housing corporation, and an exclusive negotiating deal with Mutual Housing California. Behind closed doors, the council also discussed who will lead the region's main housing agency.
The city council authorized state Homekey+ funding for a new senior housing project while approving contracts to keep people in their homes along Stockton Boulevard and move others off the street.
The city has been notified of a parcel map that would divide a single property on D Street, a routine but concrete step toward creating additional buildable lots in an established neighborhood.
The typical Sacramento rent climbed to $2,056 in August, a new peak for the metro, though the year-over-year gain remained modest compared with recent history.
The Sacramento City Council received notice of a parcel map for a property on D Street, a routine step that clears the way for a single lot to be divided.
The Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency has published a draft of its yearly financial report, offering residents a look at how the region's main affordable-housing agency manages its money.
Home sales climbed 8.5% year-over-year in the three months ending August, and buyers moved faster too, as homes changed hands three days sooner than last summer.
A city advisory panel received a routine progress report on programs for Sacramento's seniors, though the update touched only lightly on housing concerns.
A city advisory panel received an update on programs serving Sacramento's older adults, a group facing rising pressure to stay in their homes as costs climb.