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Kern County’s Housing Emergency Update
Kern County needs 26,203 more affordable rental homes to meet current demand.
Fresno County’s Housing Emergency Update
72% of ELI households are paying more than half of their income on housing costs compared to just 2% of moderate income households.
A little-noticed zoning twist is set to spark a home-building boom in L.A.
On a recent spring day, bulldozers leveled the low-slung Holiday Auto Plaza in Palms, home to several repair shops. Just another unremarkable commercial building being swept away — [...]
Sacramento Needs 63,000 New Rental Units, Housing Nonprofit Says
Sacramento County needs 63,00 new apartments and homes to meet the demand of renters, according to a new report by the California Housing Partnership. The nonprofit, which helps [...]
Affordable Housing Advocates Launch Campaign for $900 Million Bond Measure
Advocates of affordable housing have begun a campaign for a $900 million city bond issue to fund construction of 7,500 units for veterans, elderly and families with children. [...]
Should the City Use Eminent Domain to Keep Housing Affordable?
For more than a decade, Shao Zhao has called Chinatown’s sprawling, green stucco Hillside Villa apartment complex her home. Perched off Cesar Chavez Avenue, the building is just [...]
AFFORDABLE HOMES FIRST: Advancing a Green New Deal for Los Angeles Renters
Los Angeles, which has made great strides in creating a clean energy economy, could be reducing energy use and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions on a scale in line [...]
Report: LA needs 516,946 affordable homes to meet demand
Los Angeles’s affordable housing crisis is well documented, but an annual report from the California Housing Partnership and the Southern California Association of Nonprofit Housing shines a harsh light on [...]
Southern California lacks 759,000 affordable homes, report says
Fewer than a third of low-income families have access to housing they can afford in Southern California, a housing advocacy group reported Tuesday, May 21. The report shows [...]
Report: “A Green New Deal for Renters” Is Possible
A new report makes a strong case for Los Angeles leaders to reassess the city’s investments in energy efficiency programs to ensure they better serve affordable housing residents who remain [...]
San Diego County Housing Need Report 2019
San Diego County needs 136,631 more affordable rental homes to meet current demand.
San Bernardino County Housing Need Report 2019
Low Income Housing Tax Credit production and preservation in San Bernardino County increased 114% while production and preservation statewide decreased 23% from 2016-2018.
Riverside County Housing Need Report 2019
Riverside County needs 64,452 more affordable rental homes to meet current demand.
Orange County Housing Need Report 2019
Renters in Orange County need to earn $42.79 per hour – 3.6 times the State minimum wage – to afford the median monthly asking rent of $2,225.
Should cities subsidize housing for a family making $141,000?
California’s governor wants to fund housing for families whose moderate income puts them beyond the scope of current assistance programs. Similar efforts are underway in Boston and Philadelphia. [...]
Assembly Bill 724: Nation’s First State-Wide Rental Registry On Track to Pass California Committee
Sacramento, CA. — As activists barnstorm California’s Capital this week, advocating for solutions to the state’s housing crisis, Assemblymember Buffy Wicks’ (D – Oakland) proposal collect statewide data [...]
Rents are rising in Fresno. See how much, and how they compare with other parts of the state
Fresno experienced one of the highest rates of year-over-year increases in apartment rents among California’s 10 largest cities between March 2018 and March 2019, according to a recent [...]
Report: Rent burden in LA ranks third in US
Most Los Angeles renters are probably all too aware of the city’s high housing costs, but a new report from the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation breaks down how the [...]
Affordable housing in LA keeps rent low-but it comes with an expiration date
For the last three decades, Hillside Villa, a pale green, stucco-coated building on Hill Place has been, for several hundred residents of Chinatown, a consistently affordable place to live.
Valley lawmakers should back new housing bills to protect low-income renters
Thousands of Central Valley residents live under a constant threat and wonder, “How much longer can I afford to stay in my home?”
New Low-Income Weatherization Program (LIWP) Multifamily Report Assesses Cap-and-Trade Program Benefits
This report published by the California Housing Partnership and the Association for Energy Affordability presents new findings on the climate and community benefits delivered by the Cap-and-Trade-funded Low-Income Weatherization Program [...]
Affordable Housing Production Stagnant Despite Recent Advances; One in Three Households Unable to Afford Housing and Basic Living Costs in California
A new report from the California Housing Partnership shows that recent state initiatives designed to stimulate production of more affordable rental housing have yet to make a significant impact [...]
With renters struggling, California still needs 1.4 million affordable units, report finds
Despite recent laws and new funding to boost housing construction, California still needs 1.4 million more affordable rental units, according to a report out Thursday. Of more than 2 million [...]
2019 Statewide Housing Need Report
The California Housing Partnership’s 2019 California Affordable Housing Needs Report takes a look at the State’s housing investments and shows that California is still under-investing in affordable housing production [...]
