Legislative & Regulatory Advocacy - California Housing Partnership

The California Housing Partnership leads and coordinates housing advocacy efforts to increase funding for sustainability and housing production programs creating and preserving more low-income housing in the state, and we facilitate knowledge sharing across housing networks at the state and regional levels. Our efforts include:

Advocacy and technical assistance for COVID-19 response
State and federal policy recommendations
Action alerts and co-sponsorship of bills
Coalition work with advocacy partners

ACTION ALERTS ACTIVE BILLSADVOCACY PARTNERS

Policy Recommendations

2021 State Recommendations
2020 Federal Recommendations

2021 State Recommendations

California’s Roadmap HOME 2030 is a comprehensive framework of equity-centered, evidence-based policy solutions to create structural change in how California addresses housing and homelessness over the next decade, with clear mileposts for success. Please visit roadmaphomeca.org/policies for our state policy recommendations.

2020 Federal Recommendations

The California Housing Partnership urges Congress to:

1) Support HR 2, the Moving Forward Act of 2020, a $1.5 trillion infrastructure package that would expand and improve California’s access to tax-exempt bond and Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) financing, and includes $100 billion to construct and preserve 1.8 million affordable homes.

2) Support the HEROES Act, the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act of 2020, which responds to the COVID-19 outbreak and its impact on the economy, public health, state and local governments, individuals, and businesses.

3) Support the House-proposed HUD FY2021 appropriations levels to ensure adequate funding to vital federal housing programs as well as critical additional investments in housing infrastructure in response to COVID-19.

4) Support the 2020 Disasters Tax Relief Act to provide tax relief to individuals, businesses and states affected by catastrophic wildfires and other presidentially-declared disasters in 2020.

Calls for COVID-19 Relief

The Partnership and other housing advocacy organizations statewide urge our Congressional delegation for bold leadership in service of the thousands of low-income Californians at risk of eviction, displacement or homelessness from the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic. This includes:

Passage of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, a spending bill to ensure housing benefits for millions of low-income seniors, people with disabilities, families with children, veterans and other individuals afford their homes, among other domestic emergency measures
Rent relief measures such as those in the proposed Emergency Rental Assistance and Rental Market Stabilization Act
Action items from our state and federal advocacy and coalition partners (resources below)

Visit our COVID-19 Response page for additional information.

California Affordable Housing Partners

The Partnership works with a coalition of housing advocacy organizations statewide (CAHP) representing diverse geographies and populations. Please visit their websites for more policy solutions: