Newsroom 2023 Archive
July 5, 2023
Sacramento, CA —
The California Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency announced today more than $352 million in the first round of funding from the…
June 13, 2023
Sacramento, CA —
The California Business, Consumer Services, and Housing (BCSH) Agency and Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) are pleased to announce $33.2 million in awards from the Prohousing Incentive Pilot (PIP) Program to 18 jurisdictions…
June 2, 2023
Why It Matters: The $16 million awarded today will help expand homeownership for farmworkers in California. As part of today’s announcement, San Mateo County will receive $5 million to purchase homes for survivors of the tragic…
May 1, 2023
Sacramento, CA —
- The city has denied the development of a 66 unit affordable housing project
- The project, known as Oak Rose Apartments, would provide permanent supportive housing for individuals and families who previously experienced…
April 28, 2023
Sacramento, CA —
- An Executive Order signed by Governor Newsom allows for building of affordable housing on excess state land
- Sonrisa is the first project completed using excess state land, creating housing for nearly 60 residents in the…
April 10, 2023
Sacramento, CA —
- The state today filed a motion to amend its March 8 housing lawsuit against Huntington Beach
- Since California filed its lawsuit, the City of Huntington Beach rescinded its illegal ban on SB 9 and ADU applications but…
April 6, 2023
Sacramento, CA —
To ensure availability of affordable housing for lower-income Californians priced out of the rental market, the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) today announced the first of several awards from the new Portfolio Reinvestment…
April 5, 2023
Sacramento, CA —
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: Emeryville, Fresno, Needles, Rancho Cordova, Redwood City, Riverside, Salinas, Stockton, and Ukiah, and the counties of San Diego and Yuba have been designated as Prohousing communities and are eligible for…
March 29, 2023
Sacramento, CA —
Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the availability of approximately $736 million in Homekey funding for local governments to build or purchase housing for individuals experiencing homelessness.
To date, Homekey has created 12,774…
March 29, 2023
Like so many in Butte County, Leon* lost his home in the devastating 2018 Camp Fire, the most destructive wildfire in California history. Since then, Leon had been living in a recreational vehicle on his property.
While the RV had some…