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Join CHPC at our Housing CA Conference Institutes and Workshops
April 11, 2016 | The 2016 Housing California Conference kicks off tomorrow, April 12 in Sacramento. The California Housing Partnership is proud that our team of experts will be moderating and [...]
An Affordable Housing Owner’s Guide to Utility Allowances
Produced in partnership with the National Housing Law Project, this guide provides owners of affordable rental housing a roadmap for navigating the challenges of utility allowance adjustments. It [...]
35,785 Affordable Homes in California At-Risk of Conversion
Each year the California Housing Partnership uses data from our Affordable Housing Preservation Clearinghouse to present an annual summary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s [...]
35,785 Affordable Homes in California At Risk of Conversion | 2016 Preservation Report
Each year the California Housing Partnership uses data from our Affordable Housing Preservation Clearinghouse to present an annual summary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s [...]
Affordable Housing Outcomes Report Template
The California Housing Partnership developed this template in 2016 for the County of Los Angeles. Although this template was designed specifically for the County of Los Angeles, it can [...]
Affordable Housing Rare, but Some Available
Renting a newly built apartment in San Diego County for $424 a month is possible, but you literally need to win a lottery. At the newly constructed North [...]
Using Data to inform Energy and Water Retrofits: Q&A with Tabitha Harrison at Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation (TNDC)
Tenderloin Neighborhood Hood Development Corporation (TNDC) is a nonprofit affordable housing and services provider in San Francisco that owns and operates over 2,500 units of housing at 32 [...]
California’s Affordable Housing Crisis: Warnings and Solutions
California leads the nation in having the most severely rent-burdened households, as well as having the largest shortage of affordable rental homes. (The U.S. Department Housing and Urban [...]
What is Real Cost of Solar in Affordable Housing and Why Should We Care?
As we weigh the value proposition of installing solar PV’s in affordable multifamily rental properties, it is important for housing organizations to have some understanding about what the [...]
Is 2016 the Year Solar Reaches Low-Income Renters?
Looking back on 2015, several game changing events occurred or were put in play that will enhance solar access and improve the economics of solar investments for affordable [...]
Why Sonoma County Workers Can’t Afford the Rent
A widening gap between declining incomes and rising rents is fueling two powerful movements in the Golden State: one to raise the wage floor for low-wage workers, and [...]
Some Good News From Congress, Finally!
Here in California we have gotten all too used to bad news coming from Congress when it comes to renewing annual funding of the remaining federal affordable housing [...]
Income, Location Efficiency, and VMT: Affordable Housing as a Climate Strategy
This paper combines detailed travel-survey, transit-service, and land-use data to estimate a model for predicting the role of income and location efficiency in reducing household vehicle-miles traveled (VMT). [...]
Introducing the CHPC News Blog
Welcome to our new blog! Along with our new website, CHPC is launching a blog to allow us to put out more frequent communication with our partners. We [...]
Menlo Park’s housing puzzle: City seeks ways to add affordable housing, but it’s complicated
Fighting an uphill battle like most California cities to provide affordable housing, Menlo Park sees some light ahead …
Nonprofit Uses Financing Partnerships to Preserve At-Risk Property Despite Competition
Azusa Apartments is an 88-apartment affordable housing development located in Azusa, California, a Los-Angeles area suburb. The property was built in 1971, subsidized by a U.S. HUD Section 236 [...]
Gov. Brown vetoes affordable housing funding bills
Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed two bills that would have provided more than $1 billion for affordable housing projects, citing a need for …
Lack of affordable housing in Inland Empire placing bigger economic burden on low-income families
The lack of affordable housing in the Inland Empire is placing more families at risk of falling into poverty. …
County falls short in affordable housing
Kern and Stanislaus counties each have multiple hurdles to overcome if the needs of low-income renters are to be met …
Why Rental Affordability Should Be on Everyone’s Radar
This summer, the California Supreme Court sided with the city of San Jose in a case that is now headed to the U.S. Supreme Court…
Lack of Affordable Housing Driving More Contra Costa County Families into Poverty
Key findings
A renter household needs to earn 3.5 times the local minimum wage in order to afford average asking rents in Contra Costa County. Inflation-adjusted median rents in Contra Costa County increased 17% from 2000 to 2013, while inflation adjusted median renter household income declined 7%. Contra Costa County needs 36.759 additional affordable rental homes to meet the needs of its extremely low income (ELI) and very low-income (VLI) renters.
Energy Efficiency Program Matrix
Matrix of Utility Multifamily Energy Efficiency & Renewable Incentive Programs in California
Affordable housing: Little funding to meet great need
Behind more than 16,000 doors in the Coachella Valley, people live in subsidized housing. Inside those homes are senior citizens …
Study: Sky High Los Angeles County Rents Push 13,000 Into Homelessness
The demand for affordable housing can be counted by the tents lining Los Angeles streets and the number of people who live inside them. …
