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State, federal housing funds to San Diego fell in 2023
May 10, 2024 California and the federal government gave San Diego County less money last year than in 2022 to build or preserve low-income housing. Why it matters: The [...]
San Diego County’s Big Affordable Housing Gap
May 10, 2024 A new study found that San Diego County needs 134,537 more affordable rental homes to meet regional demand – and that the majority of the region’s low-income [...]
New report shows San Diego’s growing need for low-income homes
May 9, 2024 According to the Housing Needs report released Thursday by the San Diego Housing Federation, the county is short more than 134,500 homes for low-income renters, with a [...]
New report shows San Diegans need to earn close to $48 per hour to afford average rent
May 9, 2024 Whether you’re looking to buy or rent you know the prices in San Diego aren’t what anyone would consider affordable. And a new study shows [...]
San Diego County more than 134,000 low-income rentals short, report finds
May 9, 2024 San Diego County has a shortage of more than 134,500 homes for low-income renters, according to a report released Thursday by the San Diego Housing [...]
Study: San Diegans need to earn nearly $48 an hour to afford living in county
May 9, 2024 A new study by the San Diego Housing Federation and California Housing Partnership shows San Diegans need to earn nearly $48 an hour to [...]
Reps. Schiff, Gomez introduce bill to convert unused & underutilized government facilities to affordable housing
May 2, 2024 Washington, D.C.— Today, Representative Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.) introduced the Government Facilities to Affordable Housing Conversion Act, legislation which will support the conversion of [...]
State’s end-of-year affordable housing bonanza likely to leave dozens of near-ready projects ‘mothballed’
December 22, 2023 Just in time for Christmas, the Newsom administration is preparing to dole out more than $500 million to build affordable housing, playing Santa to [...]
How California lawmakers greenlit ‘any flavor of affordable housing you could possibly want’
You may not have seen the headlines (there weren’t any). You may have missed the raucous debate (there wasn’t much of one). But with the end of the legislative [...]
California’s Affordable Housing Stock Is Dwindling. How Can It Be Preserved?
As housing costs continue to rise across the country, affordable housing availability is more important than ever. But data show the affordable housing stock is insufficient to meet demand, so preserving existing affordable [...]
Fresno’s cheap apartment era is over, study finds
A recent California Housing Partnership report found that 69% of apartments in Fresno County are at risk of becoming unaffordable for people making lower incomes. It’s the highest risk of [...]
You can earn $100,000 a year in these Bay Area counties and still be ‘low-income’
In the exorbitantly expensive Bay Area, you can earn a six-figure salary and still be considered low-income. According to the latest state eligibility requirements for affordable housing, a [...]
Southern California is nearly 1 million homes short for low-income residents, report says
More than half of low-income Southern California tenants are paying more for rent than they can afford, the California Housing Partnership says. Even after a near doubling of [...]
Prioritizing Cheap Apartments
Experts have dubbed it “naturally-occurring affordable housing,” but you might know it better as “cheap apartments.” Whatever you call it, it’s increasingly endangered in California, according to a new [...]
11 Bay Area affordable housing projects squeezed by Silicon Valley Bank collapse
The sudden and spectacular collapse of Silicon Valley Bank didn’t just hit venture-backed tech startups. It also dealt a blow to many of the Bay Area’s largest nonprofit [...]
Capitol Alert: California Spending Benefits Homeowners More Than Renters, Study Says
California is producing only a fraction of the affordable housing it needs, and the state spends far more money to support homeowners than it does to help renters, [...]
Newsom’s Proposed Budget Keeps Most Housing, Homeless Funding Intact. Advocates Want More
Amid a looming $22.5 billion deficit, California housing advocates expressed relief that Gov. Gavin Newsom is largely keeping funding for housing and homelessness programs intact in his 2023–24 budget [...]
What would it take to end homelessness in California? $8 billion a year for 12 years
California could eliminate homelessness by 2035 — if it’s willing to spend $8.1 billion a year for the next dozen years, according to a first-of-its kind report that [...]
Here’s how much a new report says it would take to end California’s homeless crisis
A new report estimates California could end homelessness by 2035 if it spent at least $8.1 billion every year on the problem, a daunting goal that points out [...]
S.F. homeless housing group aims to build homes for half the usual cost. Can it work?
As San Francisco struggles to figure out how to build enough affordable housing to help get homeless people off the streets, experts and officials have looked at different [...]
Has Laguna Beach Housing Affordability Become a Distant Dream?
The lack of affordable housing in Laguna Beach and beyond has reached a tipping point, creating a groundswell of interest in finding solutions. That was the good news [...]
We ‘have to do more’: Californians poised to say yes on dozens of housing, homeless measures
When it came to homelessness and housing affordability this election, California voters sent a clear message to local governments Tuesday in more than 50 ballot measures: do more… [...]
Plans underway for construction of new 4507 Main Street housing community in South Los Angeles
Plans for the construction of 4507 Main Street housing community in South Los Angeles have been announced. The announcement was made by EAH Housing in partnership with St. [...]
Newsom campaigned on building 3.5 million homes. He hasn’t gotten even close
Gov. Gavin Newsom campaigned on housing production, an issue important to many Californians. But despite some accomplishments, the housing crisis is worse now than when he took office… [...]
