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April 2, 2025
Stacy was homeless for nine months. Living in her car, she experienced feelings of depression and worthlessness.
“It was the hardest experience I have ever gone through,” Stacy said.
Stacy now lives at Northstar Courts, a new…
March 26, 2025
The City of Modesto recently celebrated the grand opening of a new housing complex to support people experiencing homelessness. 835 California Avenue, the site of the new housing project, started off as a single-family home. With help from the…
March 18, 2025
Big changes are coming to Treasure Island in San Francisco. HCD recently joined the San Francisco Transportation Authority and other honored guests to celebrate the groundbreaking of the Hillcrest Road Improvement project. This project, which…
March 12, 2025
Sacramento, CA —
The California Interagency Council on Homelessness (Cal ICH) today unveiled its 2025-2027 Statewide Action Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness, a bold and data-…
March 4, 2025
HCD recently joined Mercy Housing and city leaders in celebrating the grand opening of a new affordable housing project in Long Beach. Heritage Gardens, a development for adults aged 55-plus, offers 67 homes for low-income seniors and senior…
February 25, 2025
What you need to know: Governor Newsom is expanding access to the state’s program to create new housing on underutilized state property by streamlining the effort. Today the Governor launched a revamped Excess Sites Program and…
February 24, 2025
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: Governor Newsom today announced stronger accountability measures to hold local governments accountable if they fail to make progress in addressing homelessness. The Governor also unveiled a new online…
February 20, 2025
Sacramento, CA —
The California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) and the Department of General Services (DGS) today celebrated the grand opening of the Reedley affordable housing development, Guardian Village.
The departments also…
February 19, 2025
California Governor Gavin Newsom, Attorney General Rob Bonta, and California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) Director Gustavo Velasquez issued the following statements after yesterday’s decision by the Los Angeles County…