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Tech, developer foundations to California: Go big on housing

After years of legislative defeats of bold housing reform, affordable housing advocates have formed a nascent coalition including the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, other major nonprofits and lawmakers to push a 10-year plan to boost development and end homelessness.

…Matt Schwartz, CEO of the California Housing Partnership, said the new initiative is setting clear goals over a decade to address chronic problems of homelessness, inequality and lagging development. / “It feels like we’re starting over again each year,” Schwartz said. “At some point, you wake up and it feels like Groundhog Day, every day.”…

…The Roadmap Home 2030 plan, designed and led by nonprofits Housing California and the California Housing Partnership, lays out general housing goals to address long-term state housing needs…