California is currently debating how to invest greenhouse gas (GHG) cap-and-trade auction proceeds so that they result in real, quantifiable and verifiable greenhouse gas reductions. A new analysis of data from Caltrans’ California Household Travel Survey (CHTS) completed in February 2013 shows that a well-designed program to put more affordable homes near transit would not just meet the requirements set Read More
California is currently debating how to invest greenhouse gas (GHG) cap-and trade auction proceeds so that they result in real, quantifiable and verifiable greenhouse gas reductions. A new analysis of data from Caltrans’ California Household Travel Survey (CHTS) completed in February 2013 shows that a well-designed program to put more affordable homes near transit would not just meet the requirements set by Read More
The essence of our mission has not changed in the eleven years since I came to work at the California Housing Partnership: to assist nonprofit and government housing agencies to create and preserve housing affordable to low-income Californians while providing leadership on affordable housing finance issues. What has changed is our understanding of the importance of both directly providing expert Read More
Affordable TOD Has an Important Role in Reducing GHG Transportation-related greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions account for 38% of California’s total. Because transportation needs are driven in large part by where people can afford to live, housing affordability affects the sector’s emissions. The Sustainable Communities Strategy (SCS) planning process required by SB 375 (Steinberg, 2008) has made integration of housing, land use, Read More
CHPC initiated this report in order to assess existing research on the role of preservation and development of affordable housing in transit--oriented corridors as a greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction strategy for California. As a result of our extensive review of existing literature, we have found three important trends : 1) Lower income households are less likely to own a car, Read More
As of November 2011, California has more than 438,000 apartments serving low income households earning less than 80% of area median income: 116,099 are subsidized and regulated by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), 22,912 are subsidized by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), 40,500 are public housing units, another 260,000 have received allocations of Low Income Read More
In California, the single-family home weatherization and whole-house performance sector is very active, with many programs already in place and new ones that began rolling out in the fall of 2010. While these programs have the potential to achieve impressive energy savings, their approaches do not neatly carry over into the multifamily and affordable housing sector. The multifamily and affordable Read More
