West Marin housing report calls for 1,000 workforce dwellings

West Marin needs to create at least 1,000 new residences affordable to households earning less than $65,000 a year, according to a new report.

The report, commissioned by the county, the Marin Community Foundation and the West Marin Fund, includes a long list of recommendations on how the area’s shortage of worker housing can be addressed.

These include streamlining the permitting process for the rehabilitation of agricultural worker housing; taxing vacant homes; changing the county’s...