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California Strategic Growth Council Newsletter December 2019
California Housing Partnership and Enterprise Community Partners this week released a report highlighting the positive impacts of more than $1.1 billion in investments made over four funding rounds by SGC’s Affordable Housing [...]
CA’s Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities Program Works
New annual report outlines progress of program to increase affordable housing and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Other benefits: getting agencies to work together, creating new active transportation infrastructure, [...]
Creating Affordable Homes and Sustainable Communities: How AHSC Addresses California’s Most Pressing Challenges | Impact Report: Rounds 1 – 4
The State of California created the Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities program (AHSC) in 2014 in recognition of the critical role that housing and transportation play furthering the [...]
New Report Reveals How AHSC Addresses California’s Most Pressing Challenges
Today, the California Housing Partnership released a new policy brief — co-authored with Enterprise Community Partners — that documents the substantial community and environmental benefits made possible by the first four [...]
HUD Changes Policy so Low-Income Renters can Access $100M/Year in Solar PV Benefits
The launch of the Solar On Multifamily Affordable Housing (SOMAH) program on July 1, 2019 marked the largest solar energy investment in multifamily affordable housing to date in [...]
Is Gavin Newsom’s housing policy ‘rudderless’? Advocates want more done to lower California costs
In his first 10 months in office, Gov. Gavin Newsom approved $1.75 billion in new spending on housing programs and helped pass new laws to prevent evictions and [...]
Placer County Supervisors Back Private Housing Trust Proposal
AFFORDABLE HOUSING CHALLENGES | AUBURN, Calif. – A proposed framework for a new private housing trust in Placer County received unanimous support Tuesday from the Placer County Board [...]
‘Dismal’ number of new homes is Fresno’s failure, councilman says. Is there a solution?
Fresno City Councilmember Luis Chavez is pushing a new plan to expand the city’s sphere of influence — an issue past councils have argued could lead to more [...]
Abode Communities Opens Rolland Curtis Gardens after 10-Year-Battle
On November 7, 2019, Abode Communities celebrated the grand opening of Rolland Curtis Gardens, marking a tremendous victory for residents and affordable housing advocates, and providing a fitting capstone [...]
Private housing trust proposal gets support from Placer Board of Supervisors
A proposed framework for a new private housing trust in Placer County received unanimous support Tuesday from the Placer County Board of Supervisors, moving forward a critical initiative [...]
New State Incentives for Pro-Housing Policies Threaten Affordable Home Production
Under a new directive from the Governor who understandably wants to reward jurisdictions doing their part to help the State increase the supply of homes, the California Department [...]
Apple pledges $2.5B to expand affordable housing in California
Tech companies have shouldered much of the blame for the recent housing crunch, as they have brought an influx of jobs that exceeded new housing construction, with incomes [...]
City continues to work toward affordable housing project here
The city of Half Moon Bay, like many other jurisdictions, continues to struggle to facilitate an affordable housing development. Problems include costs associated with attracting a project and [...]
Apartment rents are up almost 19% in Fresno since 2016. What does it cost to rent here?
The average cost to rent an apartment in Fresno rose slightly between August and September, as the city remained one of the least-expensive California cities in which to [...]
Who suffers the most from California’s high rents? It’s not the middle class
California’s middle-class families are facing a rising rent crisis, a reality that prompted a flurry of new state laws to make housing more affordable. But that problem isn’t nearly [...]
Policy Brief 2019: Who Can Afford to Rent in California’s Many Regions?
This 2019 policy brief investigates the income required to afford rent across California and to better understand the cost burden experienced by households in different income groups. The [...]
Newsom says he’s done a good job fixing California’s housing crisis. Facts say otherwise
On the campaign trail and during his first months in office, Gov. Gavin Newsom called for an unprecedented response to California’s housing crisis. He pledged that his administration [...]
County still grapples with housing affordability, homelessness
Rebecca and Ken Green’s homeless experience began long before they found themselves sleeping on the streets and hopping between shelters. “I had trauma, drug abuse, mental illness. Come [...]
Sonoma County seeks single review, rezoning for dozens of potential high-density housing projects
Sonoma County officials are seeking to clear the way for about four dozen higher density housing projects — with at least 500 or more dwellings — on private [...]
Proposed Supportive Housing Project Would Add 454 Units Near Hollywood
A supportive housing firm is planning to redevelop a property near Hollywood with 454 affordable units to help address the growing homeless population and the corresponding affordability crisis.
Southern California’s Rent Is Growing Nearly Twice as Fast as the Inflation Rate
The region has been one of the least affordable places to live in the country for years. But now the local Consumer Price Index shows the cost of [...]
Affordable Housing & Sustainable Communities Program Update: Round 4
On June 21, the California Strategic Growth Council (SGC) announced the results of Round 4 of the Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities (AHSC) program, awarding $402 million to [...]
A Moratorium on Moratoriums: California’s SB 330 Clears Obstacles to Housing
A new state housing bill that will suspend added development restrictions by local governments, such as housing moratoriums and added fees, is set to become law.
Senate Passes Bill to Repeal Constitutional Roadblock to Affordable Housing
Article 34 of the California Constitution requires cities to submit projects to a voter referendum when public funds are allocated to developing low-income rental housing. No other type [...]
