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Can Newsom Build On Pandemic Lessons To End Homelessness?
From the lobby of a former extended-stay motel in San Diego, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced what he called a historic proposal to end a California crisis by converting [...]
Newsom Wants $12 Billion to House California’s Homeless Residents, Calling Situation ‘Unacceptable’
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday proposed $12 billion in new funding to get more people experiencing homelessness in the state into housing and to “functionally end family homelessness” [...]
Report finds Sacramento is one of the ten worst cities nationwide for amount of income spent on housing
Evidence is mounting that the pandemic may have a long-lasting effect on Sacramento’s economy beyond vanquished jobs and businesses, as telecommuters continue to move in from the Bay [...]
Meeting Biden’s New Climate Target Starts with Affordable, Sustainable Housing
The Biden Administration sent a strong message last month with a commitment to cutting U.S. emissions in half by 2030, and it’s clear that housing will be central to a [...]
Finance and Chill? Big Tech Flirts with Community Development for the First Time
Corporate America has traditionally been content to sit out of conversations about hot-button issues. …Matt Schwartz, president of the California Housing Partnership, thinks the companies should be using [...]
Op-Ed: Why ordering L.A. to shelter its homeless won’t solve the homelessness crisis
Anger and frustration rightfully jump out from each page of the recent federal court order creating a right to shelter for the 4,600 unhoused residents in downtown Los Angeles’ skid [...]
The Future of Affordable Housing in Santa Cruz County
In early March, the city of Santa Cruz got word that it had scored $5 million from the competitive federal Local Housing Trust Fund (LHTF), which is [...]
Californians: Here’s why your housing costs are so high
Tenants and landlords are hurting, homelessness is skyrocketing and the housing market is out of control. The COVID-19 pandemic isn’t the only reason for that, but it’s making [...]
Thousands of Angelenos will have fewer affordable housing options as ‘covenants’ will expire
Los Angeles is facing a crisis within a crisis when it comes to affordable housing. On top of the county’s well-documented shortage of cheap apartments, thousands of existing affordable units [...]
BRIEF California launches its first-ever statewide homelessness data repository
California launched its first-ever “data warehouse” to provide a more complete picture of homelessness in the state, helping local officials make more data-informed policy decisions to prevent and end homelessness. …Groups [...]
How the Pandemic Made Addressing California’s Housing Shortage More Difficult
During the pandemic, California home buyers gobbled up single-family homes in exurbs and suburbs while low-income earners struggled to make rent. (AUDIO)
Former Mayor Bogaard to Chair New Housing Task Force
Bogaard will serve with Leslie Barnes, Former District 3 Councilman Joel Bryant, Philip Burns, Julianna Delgado, Megan Foker, Akila Gibbs, Allison Henry, Sarah Letts, Anne Miskey, Rita Moreno, Phyllis Mueller, Andrew Oliver, Phlunte Riddle, Stan Rushing, Barry Storch, and J. Noel Toro. …A California [...]
5 Key Takeaways for Making Building Decarbonization Work in Affordable Housing
The California Housing Partnership hosted a five-part Affordable Housing Building Decarbonization Summit in late 2020 to understand the opportunities and challenges of building decarbonization policies and programs across California [...]
The nation’s hottest housing market? Surprise — it’s Fresno
After five years of planning and months of construction delays, first-time developer Vincent Ricchiuti was ready to open his luxury apartment complex. Then came the pandemic. …A greater [...]
What would it take to end homelessness in California?
Before the pandemic, around 160,000 Californians were homeless on any given night—accounting for more than a quarter of the nation’s homeless population. The number is likely higher now, and one [...]
Housing advocates call for higher corporate taxes, more equity
‘This is the moment to save lives’ A powerful group of nonprofits and housing advocates Thursday called for bold statewide reforms and higher corporate taxes to attack California’s [...]
How Roadmap Home 2030 could impact Butte County’s homelessness crisis
A new proposal for comprehensive housing reform aimed at ending homelessness in California, Roadmap Home 2030, will be presented to state lawmakers in an online event Thursday. Roadmap [...]
Modesto has fallen embarrassingly short of housing target. That has to change.
As the COVID-19 pandemic begins to wane, local leaders must turn their attention to housing. …When it’s unveiled on March 25, leaders should carefully study California’s Roadmap HOME [...]
Modesto has fallen embarrassingly short of housing target. That has to change.
As the COVID-19 pandemic begins to wane, local leaders must turn their attention to housing. …When it’s unveiled on March 25, leaders should carefully study California’s Roadmap HOME 2030, [...]
Busting seven myths about affordable housing in Fresno County
When the board of the Fresno Housing Authority was debating a proposed 60-unit affordable housing project on Willow and Alluvial avenues in Clovis in March 2019, a commissioner opposed [...]
Well-designed rentals L.A. can afford. That’s the mission of the Backyard Homes Project
In the University Park neighborhood just north of USC, Katherine Guevara and her husband, David Guevara Rosillo, are building a home that will subtly evoke a California Craftsman, [...]
Millions in rent relief to be available to Kern County residents soon
Millions of dollars in rent and utility assistance will soon become available to Kern County residents as part of a federal spending bill passed and signed into law [...]
Four or more people in your Fresno home? Then you’re part of a nation-worst housing issue
Fresno has the most people per household and the highest percentage of families of large U.S. cities, according to a recent report that analyzed data from the U.S. [...]
Hundreds of Fairfield apartments still sit empty a decade later
Governmental red tape has kept 300 affordable housing units standing as a ghost fleet of former military homes with no concrete plan forward. Even before the coronavirus pandemic, California [...]
