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Sept 4, 2025 California’s housing shortage has been at crisis level for decades. Three years ago, its Department of Housing and Community Development said the state must plan for 2.5 million new homes in the eight-year cycle between 2026 and 2034 — more than double the total of the previous eight years. Further, the report said, at least a million of those homes “must meet Read More
Aug 22, 2025 The California Housing Partnership has released its Affordable Housing Needs Report for Inyo and Mono Counties, shedding light on critical housing challenges and disparities. READ MORE
August 12, 2025 California lawmakers are preparing for a historic surge in federal funding for affordable housing construction, a tsunami of subsidy that advocates say could as much as double the number of low-rent units produced by the state over the next decade. It comes from an unlikely source. Buried deep among the cuts to social services in President Donald Read More
July 31st, 2025 California’s largest low-income solar program is now helping cover the cost of energy storage. The Solar on Multifamily Affordable Housing (SOMAH) program, which provides solar incentives to qualifying affordable housing properties, has expanded to include energy storage systems paired with new solar installations. The incentive is designed to support California’s push toward energy resilience and equity. With backup battery Read More
July 22, 2025 Orange County is facing what seems to be a paradox. Despite being one of the wealthiest regions in the entire nation, the county is witnessing an escalating affordable housing crisis that is leaving thousands without a place to call home. In reality, this truth is not paradoxical at all — it’s a characteristic symptom of income inequality that will continue claiming Read More
July 21, 2025 RJ Hill loves working at a record shop in downtown Sacramento. What he said he doesn’t necessarily love is his less than desirable commute. “It can be up to about 45 minutes, because of the traffic,” he said. Hill explained how he’d love to be able to walk to work and live nearby — but cost-wise, that’s Read More
July 18, 2025 Housing affordability means how much people can pay for homes in a certain place. In California, many families struggle to buy or rent homes because prices keep rising faster than incomes. Experts from the Terner Center and the California Department of Housing and Community Development say that high land costs, strict zoning rules, and expensive construction make Read More
July 14, 2025 California has created a dedicated state housing agency to address its growing housing affordability and homelessness crises. The move separates housing responsibilities from an old department that also regulated alcohol, car mechanics, and horse racing, aiming to simplify the state’s fragmented affordable housing finance system. After years of rising rents, housing shortages, and widespread homelessness, California is Read More
July 11, 2025 After years of soaring rents, increasingly out-of-reach home prices and an enduring homelessness crisis that touches every corner of the state, California is finally creating a state agency exclusively focused on housing issues. You might wonder what took so long. Earlier this year, Gov. Gavin Newsom introduced a proposal to split up the Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency Read More
July 8, 2025 The Grand Jury sought to determine best practice strategies for both decreasing and preventing homelessness, and what myths and facts are associated with that condition. Dispelling the myths about homelessness is important to understanding the problem. When communities and policy makers operate on false narratives, they divert valuable resources from proven strategies like prevention, affordable housing, and Read More