The California Housing Partnership (Partnership) regularly publishes the “Who Can Afford to Rent” policy brief to give a snapshot of affordability in California and provide recommendations to policymakers on how to best address the pressing housing needs of the state’s lowest income renters. This year, for the first time, we also published the “Where Can You Afford to Rent in Read More
In early January, multiple wildfires erupted across Los Angeles County causing devastating losses. More than 50,000 acres of land have burned, thousands of homes and businesses have been damaged or completely destroyed, and at least 29 people have lost their lives to these fires, with more than 180,000 people forced to evacuate. As communities continue on the long path towards Read More
While state leaders ultimately decided not to approve any new long-term funding for affordable housing production this year beyond the narrowly-focused resources included in Proposition 1 approved by voters in March, they did pass more than a dozen laws that should be helpful to affordable housing providers and low-income renters to varying degrees in the coming years. The California Housing Read More
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 engaged learning course “Gentrification.” Students learn about this complicated topic in class and through engaging in a real-world project with partner organizations including Faith in Action Bay Area, Silicon Valley at Home Read More