How Are CA’s Funding Programs Progressing on Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing?
Between 2019 and 2021, the State of California adopted new policies to encourage production of family-serving affordable housing in “high-opportunity” neighborhoods with characteristics linked to upward mobility, college attendance, and other positive long-term outcomes for children. Historically, only a small share of family-serving affordable housing had been developed in these Read More
Analysis of Potential Economic Impacts from Proposition 5
Proposition 5 would provide an easier path for residents to approve GO bonds that fund infrastructure and housing investments critical to advancing local needs and priorities by reducing the two-thirds voter approval requirement to 55 percent. Economic & Planning Systems (EPS) quantified the net economic gains arising from a hypothetical Read More
Affordable Homes At-Risk | 2024 Report
California’s affordable housing crisis will only worsen if nothing more is done to protect the thousands of subsidized affordable rental homes at risk of market rate conversion. According to the Affordable Homes At Risk | 2024 Report released April 5 by the California Housing Partnership: 19,249 subsidized affordable rental homes have Read More
2023 Subsidized Affordable Housing At Risk Report
California’s affordable housing crisis will only worsen if nothing more is done to protect the thousands of subsidized affordable rental homes at risk of market rate conversion. According to the Affordable Homes At Risk | 2023 Report released April 20 by the California Housing Partnership: 22,078 subsidized affordable rental homes have already been Read More
Affordable Homes at Risk | 2022 Report
California has already lost nearly 20,800 subsidized affordable rental homes, and today, another 7,053 subsidized affordable rental homes housing low-income seniors, families and individuals, are at risk of market rate conversion as soon as next year, according to this year’s Affordable Homes At Risk | 2022 Report by the California Housing Partnership. An estimate Read More
2022-23 Investments in Housing Affordability and Homelessness
State budget advocacy letter to Governor Gavin Newsom from the California Housing Consortium, Housing California, California Housing Partnership, California Coalition for Rural Housing, Non-Profit Housing Association of Northern California, Southern California Association of NonProfit Housing, and the San Diego Housing Federation.
Governor’s Proposed 2022-23 State Budget: Summary of Housing Provisions
Summary excerpt of affordable housing provisions in Governor Gavin Newsom’s proposed 2022-23 state budget.
Memo on JPA Bond Proposals for Government-Owned Middle-Income Housing in California
This memo from the California Housing Partnership, CSG Advisors and HR&A Advisors, Inc. highlights the urgent need for local governments to carefully weigh the potential pitfalls and opportunity costs associated with using property tax exemptions to finance the conversion of luxury apartments into government-owned middle-income housing in California. View the announcement
Action Urgently Needed to Protect Renters, Small Landlords, and Affordable Housing Providers (8/11/20)
We are writing to urge your leadership on one of the most critical issues facing California: the looming eviction crisis for hundreds of thousands of tenants as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Just as you have been leading California’s response to a global public health crisis, we need similar Read More
House Proposed HUD FY2021 Appropriations Bill as of 7/7/2020
Thanks to the hard work of many affordable housing advocates, the House subcommittee handling HUD appropriations proposed adding $1.5 billion for FY2021. The increased allocations would allow nearly every HUD program to either maintain or increase funding levels. The proposal also includes stimulus funding in the FY2021 HUD Funding Package.