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Report: Renters need to earn $54.81 per hour to afford living in Santa Clara County
Another grim report about the housing crisis emerged this week — this one stating renters living in Santa Clara County need to earn $54.81 per hour — nearly [...]
The Bay Area’s Affordable Housing Crisis is Only Getting Worse
A new report from the California Housing Partnership, an affordable housing non-profit, shows just how wide the gulf between Bay Area housing costs and wages has grown.
You need to earn nearly $50 per hour to afford median rent in many parts of the Bay Area
To afford median rent in many Bay Area counties, a worker must make nearly four times the local minimum wage, according to a new report by the nonprofit California Housing [...]
Fresno’s poor spend 73 percent of their income on rent. They seek affordable housing
Fresno County needs more than 41,000 affordable rental homes to meet demand and reduce the burden on low-income families, according to a new housing emergency report released Monday.
As Bay Area rents soar, many can’t keep up
A new report highlights the grim reality of renters struggling to keep a roof over their heads in the midst of a tech-fueled economic boom: Many are losing [...]
New report sheds light on Fresno County “housing emergency” for low-income renters
The California Housing Partnership released a detailed report about the housing emergencies in Fresno County for low-income renters. It found that renters need to earn $19.21/hr to afford [...]
Why LA County could lose $3 billion worth of affordable housing
L.A. County is at risk of losing roughly $3 billion worth of affordable housing in the next five years, according to a draft report presented to county officials [...]
Preserving old, low-rent apartments could play key role in solving San Diego’s housing crisis
A new battleground is emerging in San Diego’s housing crisis: the need to preserve thousands of older apartments with subsidized rent restrictions that will expire in the next [...]
Boost to affordable housing is part of new $1.3-trillion federal budget
In passing a $1.3-trillion spending package, Congress didn’t just avert a government shutdown. It also provided a boost to affordable housing developers who say their projects have been [...]
Affordable housing projects are threatened as tax cuts undermine a source of funding
On 1st Street in Santa Ana — not far from where authorities recently cleared a tent encampment along the Santa Ana River near Angel Stadium — developer Caleb [...]
Editorial: One reason you can’t afford California housing? State subsidies.
California’s homeownership rates are the lowest they’ve been since the 1940s, but that’s not stopping homeowners from getting enormous subsidies from the state.
California homeowners receive $6 billion a year in subsidies — 15 times more than renters, report finds
Homeowners in California received nearly $6 billion in state tax subsidies last year, according to a new report that also revealed a wide gap between state support for homeowners [...]
LA County looks to build up housing stock
L.A. County officials, looking to address massive housing affordability challenges, are looking to expand the ways they encourage construction of low-income housing.
Sacramento’s housing crisis won’t be solved without rent control
In the Jan. 31 editorial “Unsure About Rent Control? Here’s Another Way to Protect California Tenants,” the columnist Erika Smith presented repetitive myths about the key role rent control [...]
Walls and Bridges, Part 2: How Our Past Choices and Current Biases Continue to Shape Our World
The California Housing Partnership Corporation, in its March 2018 report, California’s Housing Emergency, found that the State of California’s expenditures per household are “highly inequitable” between homeowners and renters.
How New Tax Law Impacts Low-Income Housing
Commentary by Sue Reynolds and Matt Schwartz on how the Republican tax plan hurts the San Diego housing market and devalues the LIHTC.
Los Angeles blames wildfires on homeless, but evicting them won’t solve the real problems: Climate change and urban sprawl
IN THE EARLY-MORNING hours of December 6, a wildfire began spreading through the hills surrounding Bel Air, California, eventually blazing through the Santa Monica Mountains along the side of [...]
State says LA isn’t building enough housing—along with 525 other California cities
The vast majority of urban areas in the California—including Los Angeles—are failing to approve enough housing, a report released this week by the state Department of Housing and Community Development [...]
Housing shortage: New report shows how California cities and counties stack up
Nearly all the cities and counties in California — 97.6 percent — are failing to approve the housing needed to keep pace with population growth and will be subject to a [...]
Last year was a big year for housing in California. Lawmakers aren’t done yet.
California lawmakers are preparing new housing legislation this week, just months after Democrats in both houses pushed through the biggest legislative package on housing in decades.
California will soon see impact of GOP tax plan with loss of affordable housing
The new Republican tax overhaul will likely chop plans for thousands of new affordable homes in California and further squeeze low-income renters, but experts say the impact could have [...]
Affordable housing in California takes hit under GOP tax plan
The new Republican tax overhaul will likely chop plans for thousands of new affordable homes in California and further squeeze low-income renters, but experts say the impact could have [...]
Elderly low-income and homeless project in Grantville: Housing crisis for Grandma and Grandpa looms large
Housing the homeless is a sticky wicket in San Diego. It’s even more daunting when those homeless are senior citizens with health issues.
How the Senate tax plan affects San Diego housing
The Senate passed a sweeping tax bill Saturday morning that has housing advocates, real estate agents and industry groups worried.
