California has already lost 18,043 subsidized affordable rental homes and today, another 6,785 subsidized affordable rental homes are at risk of market rate conversion as soon as next year. These homes house thousands of low-income [...]

Last month, Gov. Gavin Newsom unveiled his budget plan, which included big investments in affordable housing and homelessness. As leaders in California’s affordable housing movement, we appreciate that [...]

Last month, Gov. Gavin Newsom unveiled his budget plan, which included big investments in affordable housing and homelessness.  …On Jan. 26, Housing California and the California Housing Partnership [...]

Consider the Rubik’s Cube challenge of assembling money to pay for an affordable housing project. …It’s not just Sacramento, of course. In San Joaquin County, rents have grown [...]

The California Housing Partnership is proud to announce the release of the 2021 policy priorities from the Roadmap HOME — the first long-term, comprehensive, and evidence-based framework of [...]

(Audio) California Report: A group of housing organizations is releasing an ambitious plan today to build 1.2 million new affordable homes and end homelessness in California.

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 [...]

After watching a homeless man beat up his girlfriend, Claudia Parola had had it. She was fed up with the drugs being dealt outside the studio where she does [...]

Despite the purported exodus of untethered Silicon Valley workers from the Bay Area, rents in the city are still the highest in the United States. …According to the [...]

The California Housing Partnership has released a new policy brief co-authored with Enterprise Community Partners documenting the substantial community and economic benefits made possible by the first five [...]

El Camino Real is a 600-mile historic thoroughfare that once linked Spanish missions in California, running from San Francisco to San Diego. Between Daly City and San Jose, the road [...]

Approximately 2 million people, including children, are at risk of eviction when California’s eviction moratorium expires on Feb. 1. Nationwide, 6.7 million adults are likely to face eviction [...]

With U.S. rental assistance on the horizon for struggling landlords and tenants, Bay Area housing advocates say the region could be shortchanged in a federal distribution that favors [...]

“People who were previously not in need of assistance are now going to need it,” Matt Schwartz, president and CEO of the California Housing Partnership, told KQED. “That’s [...]

A host of American cities have experienced pronounced housing inequality since the century began. New York and Seattle both come to mind, but San Francisco stands out even [...]

As leaders in California’s affordable housing movement, we appreciate that Governor Newsom’s budget includes proposals that will help reduce homelessness, increase the supply of affordable housing across California, [...]

Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to dedicate billions of the 2021 budget toward addressing the state’s housing and homelessness crisis, he said Friday, laying out a proposal that includes [...]

An unaffordable rental market has hardest hit those families of color who earn the lowest income.  According to the California Housing Partnership, of the 5.89 million renter households [...]

But, by 2018, Clovis’ median income had exceeded Fresno’s by $25,000 and its white population was 26 percentage points higher than Fresno’s, reflecting the fact that the city’s [...]

Thank you to Gustavo Velasquez (“GV”), HCD Director, and Tyrone Buckley (“TB”), Assistant Deputy Director of Fair Housing, for sharing their time with us for this conversation on [...]

California’s reputation for exorbitantly priced housing is unassailable, and it creates an extremely high barrier for people in need of affordable housing. The barrier has gotten only higher [...]

In March, a California Affordable Housing Needs Report, published by the California Housing Partnership, suggested there was a drastic need for more affordable housing in California. Over the [...]

California’s lack of affordable housing is severe and well-documented. One recent estimate says the state needs 1.4 million more affordable rental homes to ease the burden on low-income families. But the state’s convoluted process for [...]

California on Wednesday reallocated $600 million of private activity bonds formerly awarded to Fortress Investment Group’s Las Vegas tourist train to affordable housing needs, a win for developers [...]