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Mayor London Breed Celebrates Groundbreaking of Family and Veteran Affordable Housing Development in the Sunset
June 26, 2024 San Francisco, CA — Today, Mayor London N. Breed joined City officials, local leaders, and development partners to celebrate the groundbreaking of 2550 Irving Street, a new [...]
LAHSA Reports Decline in Los Angeles Homelessness in 2024
June 30, 2024 The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) announced the results of the 2024 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count, revealing a slight decline in homelessness. Los [...]
The housing situation in Orange County is grim
May 31, 2024 When it comes to the housing situation in Santa Ana and Orange County the news is mostly grim despite attempts by the City of Santa [...]
State Budget Wins for Affordable Housing
With the Governor’s signature yesterday on the main state budget bill (a few others remain pending), the Partnership is pleased to summarize the outcomes of this year’s difficult [...]
Who Owns Unsubsidized Affordable Housing?
This blog post and related research were prepared for the California Housing Partnership by undergraduate students at Stanford University as part of the Program on Urban Studies community [...]
Report: San Diego County Needs 134,500 More Affordable Housing Units
May 9, 2024 The San Diego Housing Federation said Thursday its latest research shows that the county is short 134,500 affordable housing units as wages fail to keep up [...]
Report: 80 percent of low-income San Diegans spending more than half their income on rent
May 9, 2024 The vast majority of low-income renters in San Diego County are spending more than half of their income on rent, said a new study. San [...]
Annual report finds county needs 134k more affordable homes
May 13, 2024 The region’s voice for affordable housing issued its annual report on housing supply and the results were alarming: San Diego is failing to halt the [...]
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 [...]
State Targets Neighborhood Change in Newly Released AFFH Mapping Tool
Earlier this month, California’s Department of Housing & Community Development (HCD) released the final Neighborhood Change Map, which is intended to inform statewide policy for affordable housing and [...]
Why affordable housing is a great dollar for dollar investment for the state
The 2022 Statewide Housing Plan finds that California needs to construct more than one million new homes affordable to lower-income families by 2030 to meet the need. While this may [...]
San José Directs Affordable Housing Programs to Address Segregation and Unequal Access to High Opportunity Areas
California Housing Partnership and UC Berkeley Othering & Belonging Institute Research Helped Shape the City’s New Policy On December 6th, the City Council of San José, CA, adopted [...]
Who Can Afford to Rent in California’s Many Regions in 2022?
As California’s housing crisis has deepened in recent years, more and more families have been affected, leading some state and local leaders to consider investing scarce resources to [...]
California’s Budget Misses the Mark on Housing – Dashboard Series
This year’s state budget authorized $2.9 billion to fund new and existing housing programs and $3.4 billion to assist individuals experiencing homelessness. While these investments are substantial, this [...]
Governor’s 2022-23 State Budget: Summary from the Partnership
HOUSING PROVISIONS Budget investments toward preserving/ protecting/ producing sustainable, affordable housing include: $500 million in enhanced state Low-Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC) $400 million for Homekey $250 million [...]
Advocates Urge Governor Newsom and Legislature to Fund Critical Anti-Displacement and Affordable Housing Program
For Immediate Release: June 10, 2022 Contact: chpc.net/contact SACRAMENTO, CA – Last week, the California State Legislature released its Fiscal Year (FY) 2022–23 legislative budget agreement, in response [...]
New report raises major equity concerns with state middle-income housing program
A recent study completed by a team of graduate student researchers at the Goldman School of Public Policy raises major doubts about statewide efforts to reduce rent for [...]
California Can Build 14,000 Shovel-Ready Affordable Homes With $4 Billion Budget Surplus Investment
PRESS RELEASE Enterprise found that without additional funding, 46% of affordable homes in the state’s pipeline will be stalled due to a lack of federal resources SAN FRANCISCO [...]
New 2022 Affordable Housing Need Reports for California Counties
Announcing new updates to the Partnership’s online Housing Needs Dashboard data tool (chpc.net/housingneeds) and new housing need reports for all 58 California counties During #AffordableHousingMonth this year, [...]
