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How to fix the housing crisis: Embrace high-density development or face rising prices and rent, experts say
Each year, Southern California adds the equivalent of a new Pasadena, a new Fullerton, or a new city of Orange to its population…
County to Place $950 Million Housing Bond on Fall Ballot
Santa Clara County voters will decide the fate of a $950 million affordable housing bond this November…
1 in 200 San Franciscans Sleep on the Streets
On any given night, 1 in 200 San Franciscans sleep on the street. Among the nation's large urban areas, the city has the highest per capita rate of unsheltered homeless people—people who live outside, in cars, or in abandoned buildings, as opposed to in shelters or transitional housing.
Surviving Homelessness
The home is sacred — a practical and spiritual shelter that sustains life. Yet, every year more than 3 million Americans, many of them children…
Q&A with Collin Tateishi: New Addition to CHPC’s GREEN Team
Last week, Collin Tateishi joined the California Housing Partnership as a Sustainable Housing Policy Analyst. In this new role, Collin manages CHPC’s efforts to increase access to water [...]
5 Things to Know about Governor Brown’s Proposed Housing Plan
CHPC’s Matt Schwartz weighs in on Governor Brown’s plan to tie funding for affordable homes to a streamlined approval process for developers.
Report: San Diego County Rents Have Skyrocketed 32% Since 2000
Higher rents and cuts in affordable housing funding are exacerbating the housing crisis.
Study: Rents Rising, Incomes Declining
A new study released today finds that Sacramento County workers need to earn more than twice today’s minimum wage of $10 in order to afford to rent an [...]
CHPC Hires Research Director, Expands Policy Team
The California Housing Partnership Corporation (CHPC) is excited to announce that we have hired Stacey Murphy as our new Research Director to join Policy Analyst Danielle Mazzella in expanding [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 …
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…
