UC Berkeley’s Terner Center for Housing Innovation, multifamily condos accounted for just 3 percent of the new housing the state added between 2011 and 2021, compared with 38 percent in Canada.
The California Department of Housing and Community Development has ordered every city and county to plan for 2.5 million new homes by 2030, but nearly all municipalities are not on track to hit their numbers.
Ahead of a June 25 deadline, California Democrats are striking deals with interest groups to kick several controversial measures off the November ballot.
The county contributed $1 million from its Measure A Affordable Housing Bond to help transform a historic building into four units of affordable housing.
Thousands of affordable units across California are stuck in financial purgatory, according to a new report. California lawmakers are considering a $10 billion affordable housing bond for the 2026 ballot.
Sacramento could be moving to embrace temporary housing for unhoused people, as advocated by San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan, at the potential expense of long-term housing.
High poverty rates underscore the fact that Californians’ costs for housing, utilities, fuel and other necessities of life are among the nation’s highest.
It’s been five months since California’s legislative leaders deemed affordability an “urgent” issue for the session. So far: committees, bills, but few results.
In the recurring legislative fight between affordable housing advocates and defenders of California’s signature environmental law, one bill could be a final legislative showdown.
Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas pledged to tackle affordability in 2025, but Democratic lawmakers’ plans to address Trump cuts, housing costs, energy, insurance, grocery bills and inflation remain unclear.
