Traci Mysliwiec, Author at California Housing Partnership

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 a policy to address persistent patterns of segregation and unequal access to neighborhoods where residents experience better life outcomes. The new policy will place more affordable housing in San Jose’s well-resourced neighborhoods Read More

Date: December 07, 2022 Author: Traci Mysliwiec

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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 help the households earning at (or even above) the area median income (AMI). But what does the data show concerning the ability of households at each income level to afford market rents Read More

Date: December 02, 2022 Author: Traci Mysliwiec

Posted in Research, PolicyTagged Housing Need, Featured Publications, Fair Housing & Anti-Displacement, Preservation & Revitalization, State Level

New State Incentives for Pro-Housing Policies Threaten Affordable Home Production

Under a new directive from the Governor who understandably wants to reward jurisdictions doing their part to help the State increase the supply of homes, the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) will soon be required to award points to funding applications from “pro-housing” cities and counties for several key affordable housing programs – including the Infill Infrastructure Read More

Date: November 06, 2019 Author: Traci Mysliwiec

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