The California Housing Partnership annually assesses the needs of California’s low-income renters for the purpose of informing state and local policy leaders. Key findings from this year’s California Affordable Housing Needs Report:

• Although California has more than doubled production of new affordable homes in the past five years, the State is only funding 15% of what it needs to meet its goals.
• California spends twice as much supporting homeowners than renters and only 25% of renter resources are permanent compared to 98% of the support for homeowners.
• Renters need to earn 2.8 times the state minimum wage to afford average asking rent in California.

Past Reports:

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