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Los Angeles County Annual Affordable Housing Outcomes Dashboard 2020
This standalone dashboard provides a countywide snapshot of affordable housing outcomes in LA County to supplement the full annual report: Los Angeles County Annual Affordable Housing Outcomes Report 2020.
Los Angeles County Annual Affordable Housing Outcomes Report 2020
This LA County report is divided into 5 sections: 1) Affordable Housing Need, 2) Affordable Rental Housing Inventory and Risk Assessment, 3) County-Administered Affordable Rental Housing Resources, 4) [...]
CAHP Letter on COVID-19 Federal Requests (4/27/2020)
The COVID-19 pandemic reveals how critical safe, stable, and affordable homes are to our communities’ ability to get and stay healthy. While every Californian has had their life [...]
Keeping California’s Homeless Housed
A Proposal to Provide Long-Term Homes for Those Coming Out of COVID-19 Temporary Shelter In response to the COVID-19 crisis, the State of California is now spending tens of [...]
SOMAH Presentation: 2020 Program Overview
Solar on Multifamily Affordable Housing (SOMAH) program overview for multifamily affordable housing owners.
COVID-19 Letter from California Gov. Gavin Newsom to Speaker Pelosi
April 8th letter from California Governor Gavin Newsom to the Honorable Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, requesting bold federal action to address the COVID-19 emergency in five [...]
SOMAH Property Owner Series: Upfront Technical Assistance – Presentation
Information for property owners and managers interested in installing solar photovoltaics (PV) to lower operating costs and reduce utility bills through the Solar on Multifamily Affordable Housing incentive [...]
Immediate Actions Necessary to Mitigate the Economic Impacts of COVID-19 on Affordable Housing Developments (4/8/20)
Lower-income Californians are likely to bear the brunt of the economic impacts of this expanding crisis—with significant numbers of workers expected to lose their jobs and find themselves [...]
2020 California Affordable Housing Needs Report
Key housing metrics and indicators in the California Housing Partnership’s statewide 2020 California Affordable Housing Needs Report underscore why our federal and state leaders must come together to address the [...]
LA’s Green New Deal and Building Decarbonization: What’s Ahead for Affordable Housing? – Presentation
On February 10, 2020, Mayor Garcetti signed an Executive Directive to advance LA’s Green New Deal and outlined action steps to zero out the City’s main sources of [...]
Affordable Homes at Risk | 2020 Report
To inform affordable housing preservation efforts across the state, the California Housing Partnership annually assesses the historical loss and conversion risk of federally- and state-subsidized affordable rental properties. [...]
Fact Sheet: AB 1907 | Streamlining Homeless Housing in California
This bill exempts from CEQA shelters, permanent supportive housing, and affordable housing with MHP, CDBG, or HOME funds.
Fact Sheet: AB 3144 | Housing Cost Reduction Incentive Program
This bill encourages cities and counties to waive or reduce impact fees for affordable rental housing developments by creating the Housing Cost Reduction Incentive Program to reimburse them [...]
Fact Sheet: AB 2406 | Rental Registry
This bill creates a statewide rental registry, through the Department of Housing and Community Development, to annually collect tenant and housing data from landlords.
Fact Sheet: AB 2058 | Affordable Housing Preservation Tax Credit
This Bill creates an Affordable Housing Preservation Tax Credit (AHPTC) to incentivize the preservation of existing affordable apartment properties and mobile-home parks by experienced affordable housing organizations.
California’s Cap-and-Trade-Funded Low-Income Weatherization Program Multifamily: Impact Report
(UPDATED JAN 2020) Published in collaboration with the Association for Energy Affordability, this Impact Report presents new findings on the climate and community benefits delivered by the Cap-and-Trade-funded [...]
2019 Bay Area Housing Need Update
The Bay Area needs 235,646 more affordable rental homes. This report highlights the severity of the housing shortfall and provides state and local policy solutions to address the [...]
Creating Affordable Homes and Sustainable Communities: How AHSC Addresses California’s Most Pressing Challenges | Impact Report: Rounds 1 – 4
The State of California created the Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities program (AHSC) in 2014 in recognition of the critical role that housing and transportation play furthering the [...]
Abode Communities Opens Rolland Curtis Gardens after 10-Year-Battle
On November 7, 2019, Abode Communities celebrated the grand opening of Rolland Curtis Gardens, marking a tremendous victory for residents and affordable housing advocates, and providing a fitting capstone [...]
Policy Brief 2019: Who Can Afford to Rent in California’s Many Regions?
This 2019 policy brief investigates the income required to afford rent across California and to better understand the cost burden experienced by households in different income groups. The [...]
Affordable Housing & Sustainable Communities Program Update: Round 4
On June 21, the California Strategic Growth Council (SGC) announced the results of Round 4 of the Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities (AHSC) program, awarding $402 million to [...]
Infill Infrastructure Grant Program Analysis
On June 26, 2019, California Governor Newsom signed the Fiscal Year 2019-2020 State Budget into law, allocating $1.75 billion to increase housing production. Twenty-nine percent of these funds—$500 [...]
Yuba County’s Housing Emergency Update
While regional Low Income Housing Tax Credit activity has increased, Yuba County’s has remained at zero since 2016.
Yolo County’s Housing Emergency Update
80% of ELI households are paying more than half of their income on housing costs compared to just 1% of moderate income households.
