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Protecting the Affordable Housing & Sustainable Communities Program (AHSC)
The struggle for accessible and affordable housing on the Central Coast
March 3, 2025 One San Luis Obispo woman is struggling to find a place to live following an accident last year. The accident left her disabled and now [...]
How Wildfires Threaten California’s Affordable Housing
In early January, multiple wildfires erupted across Los Angeles County causing devastating losses. More than 50,000 acres of land have burned, thousands of homes and businesses have been [...]
Governor Signs/Vetoes Key Affordable Housing Bills
While state leaders ultimately decided not to approve any new long-term funding for affordable housing production this year beyond the narrowly-focused resources included in Proposition 1 approved by [...]
Who Owns Unsubsidized Affordable Housing?
This blog post and related research were prepared for the California Housing Partnership by undergraduate students at Stanford University as part of the Program on Urban Studies community [...]
2023 LA Affordable Housing Decarbonization Summit
SUMMIT RESOURCES Resource Booklet Recordings Session 1 Session 2 Session 3 Summit Framing Discussion Presentation Decks: Session 1 (Advancing New Construction Electrification) Session 2 (Demystifying Rehab [...]
Inflation Exacerbates Housing Affordability Crisis for Low-Income Families in the Bay Area – Dashboard Series
Advocates and experts have gone on the record to say that inflation is exacerbating the housing affordability crisis in the Bay Area as families do not have as [...]
The Struggle of Housing Costs for Black and Brown Renters in California – Dashboard Series
Decades of systemic racism and economic inequality have led the cost burden of renter households to vary across racial groups, which can be seen by looking at the [...]
Press Release: New Housing Need Report Highlights Housing Affordability Challenges for Low-Income Families in the Monterey Bay Region: What Can Local Leaders Do to Help?
May 10, 2022 (MARINA) – Newly released today, the California Housing Partnership’s 2022 Affordable Housing Needs Report shows that increases in the cost of living continue to push [...]
Press Release: California Housing Partnership Affordable Needs Assessment for Los Angeles County
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE [...]
Press Release: New Reports on Bay Area Housing Costs Reinforce Advocates’ Calls for Affordable Housing Solutions
For immediate release Latest Bay Area Housing Data Reinforces Advocates’ Calls for Affordable Housing Solutions, Investments May 10, 2022 (San Francisco Bay Area) – 2/3 of the Bay [...]
How is California meeting the needs of low-income renters?
CALIFORNIA AFFORDABLE HOUSING NEEDS | 2022 REPORT CALIFORNIA, March 30, 2022 — State leaders are making an effort to increase the resources supporting California’s lowest income renters, [...]
Statement on Governor Newsom’s Budget 1/10/2022
“We applaud Governor Newsom’s proposal to make new short-term investments that will help California communities reduce the negative impacts of the homeless and housing crises. But the roughly [...]
Who Can Afford to Rent in California’s Many Regions in 2021?
As California’s housing crisis has deepened in recent years, more and more families have been affected, leading some state and local leaders to consider investing scarce resources to [...]
Housing Experts Caution Local Governments on JPA Proposals to Convert Luxury Apartments to Government-Owned Middle-Income Housing
The California Housing Partnership joins CSG Advisors and HR&A Advisors, Inc. in highlighting the urgent need for local governments to carefully weigh the potential pitfalls and opportunity costs associated with using property tax exemptions [...]
Where Are California’s Affordable Homes and How Do They Benefit Local Communities?
The California Housing Partnership is pleased to announce the launch of the next phase of our Affordable Housing Map & Benefits Calculator! The newly expanded data tool serves [...]
New Key Indicators of Affordable Housing Need
The California Housing Partnership is pleased to announce that based on input from focus groups and users, we have upgraded our interactive online Housing Needs Dashboard — first [...]
Statement on Gov. Newsom’s Enactment of the 2021/22 State Budget
The California Housing Partnership applauds the historic investment of state resources to help address the dire housing needs of California’s low-income families, including those experiencing homelessness. The enacted state budget [...]
56 of California’s 58 Counties Lacked Enough Affordable Homes Even Before the Pandemic
RELEASE: New 2021 Affordable Housing Needs Reports from the California Housing Partnership Every spring, the Partnership publishes Housing Needs Reports assessing the failure of California’s housing markets to meet the needs of low-income [...]
Joint Statement on San Diego County Housing Need Report and San Diego Housing Federation Call to Action
The San Diego County Housing Need Report released today underscores that the severe shortage of affordable homes and the crisis of unaffordability facing San Diego residents continues unabated. [...]
PRESS RELEASE: Housing Costs Put Low-Income Families At Risk of Homelessness, New Report Shows Deficit in Affordable Housing and Funding in the San Joaquin Valley
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contacts: Alicia Sebastian, California Coalition for Rural Housing Christina Gotuaco, California Housing Partnership Housing Costs Put Low-Income Families At Risk of Homelessness, New Report [...]
PRESS RELEASE: Annual Housing Needs Report Shows Affordable Housing Shortfall – San Diego
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Amanda Nelson, San Diego Housing Federation Annual Housing Needs Report Shows Affordable Housing Shortfall Housing Advocates call for State action to support local response [...]
PRESS RELEASE: Low-Income Renters See No Relief in Post-COVID-19 Recovery
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contacts: Jeannette Brown, SCANPH Christina Gotuaco, California Housing Partnership Alan Greenlee, SCANPH Low-Income Renters See No Relief in Post-COVID-19 Recovery; New Data Shows Crisis-Level [...]
PRESS RELEASE: New Housing Data Confirms Lack of Affordability in Santa Cruz County Housing Supply
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contacts: Don Lane, Housing Santa Cruz County Christina Gotuaco, California Housing Partnership May 18, 2021 (Santa Cruz, CA) – In the midst of the [...]

