The final demolition of a former Sacramento police building has been halted again while concerns over an adjacent power station are worked out. Advantage Demolition was preparing to demonstrate Monday how the last two exterior walls could be pulled down safely next to transformers at a historic power station, now known as SMUD Station A, at Sixth and H streets. The station, whose origins date to 1895, supplies power to up to 40 percent of downtown Sacramento, said Sacramento Municipal Utility District spokesperson Dace Udris. Demolition of the building at Seventh and H streets began several months ago to make way for a 160-unit affordable housing project being built by the Sacramento Hou

Thursday afternoon, about 50 seniors, homeless and other community members participated in the Sacramento Housing Alliance Affordable Housing Bus Tour. The tour surveyed 10 different housing options and stopped to provide in-depth tours of three housing complexes. Guided by Shamus Roller, director of the SHA, Ken Cross, CEO of Sacramento Habitat for Humanity and Paul Ainger, Mercy Housing project developer, the four-hour tour began and ended at the SHA office in Midtown. "It's important to know what affordable housing means," Ainger said. According to the federal government, housing is considered "affordable" when a person renting or buying it spends no more than 30 percent of his or her

On Thursday afternoon, October 1st, the Sacramento Housing Alliance (SHA) will host a bus tour showcasing a variety of affordable residential communities in the City and County of Sacramento. The SHA Affordable Housing Bus Tour will feature a diverse range of housing options from homes for people transitioning out of homelessness to homes for lower middle class families. Visits will focus on developments that, through public and private partnerships, provide homes for families earning $40,000 or less. Participants will see 10 affordable residential communities along the tour route including walking tours at three of the sites. The first stop is a visit to Serna Village, a healing resident