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Groundbreaking ceremony with golden shovels.
October 21, 2024

HCD Director Gustavo Velasquez joined community members and local leaders in celebrating the start of construction for a project in Los Angeles that addresses both…

HCD, BCSH, DGS, developers and community leaders celebrate the ribbon-cutting of Sugar Pine Village Phase 1A in South Lake Tahoe on October 17, 2024.
October 17, 2024

Further utilizing an executive order to prioritize developing housing on excess state lands, Governor Gavin Newsom today announced that a new affordable housing project in South Lake Tahoe is opening 68 units to residents. Sugar Pine Village,…

Lake house ribbon cutting ceremony
October 14, 2024

HCD Director Gustavo Velasquez joined the City of Los Angeles in celebrating the grand opening of Lake House, a new permanent supportive housing development in the Westlake neighborhood. 

Lake House is a 100 percent affordable…

Exterior view of Casa Suenos
October 7, 2024

A new transit-oriented affordable housing development recently opened near the Fruitvale BART station in Oakland. Casa Sueños, formerly a city-owned BART parking lot, provides 181 affordable homes for families earning 20-80 percent of the Area…

graphic of california map with text Grants awarded to help address health, safety and housing needs of unsheltered people
October 4, 2024
Sacramento, CA —  

Governor Gavin Newsom today announced nearly $130.7 million in Encampment Resolution Funding (ERF) program grants to help 18 cities, counties, and Continuums of Care (CoCs) resolve critical encampment concerns and address the housing and health…

Aerial view of San Francisco DMV site
October 3, 2024

What you need to know: Governor Newsom today announced a new project in San Francisco that will transform a dated Department of Motor Vehicles building into a modern DMV office with 372 new homes, including homes dedicated to low…

Graphic of justice scales, HCD logo, and text accountability
October 3, 2024

What you need to know: The state is decertifying the City of Norwalk’s housing element following the city’s action breaking state housing law and implementing an illegal shelter ban. The state’s action makes the city ineligible…

Sherwood Family Apartments ribbon-cutting ceremony
September 23, 2024

The Kern County community of McFarland recently celebrated the grand opening of new affordable housing! Sherwood Family Apartments provides 80 affordable homes to low- and extremely low-income families. 

This new apartment community…

Governor Gavin Newsom surrounded by dignitaries signing legislative housing bills.
September 19, 2024

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: Governor Newsom signed into law a comprehensive bipartisan housing package to build on California’s long-term strategy to help address homelessness and housing scarcity. The Governor also announced the…

Graphic of justice scales, HCD logo, and text accountability
September 18, 2024

What you need to know: Since 2022, Governor Newsom’s Housing Accountability Unit has “unlocked” more than 7,500 housing units for California families, meaning the unit has ensured these new homes are approved for…

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