Inauguration of Governor Newsom Opportunity For Bold Housing Solutions
Sacramento, CA – The California Housing Consortium (CHC) released the following statement from Executive Director Ray Pearl on the inauguration of Governor Gavin Newsom today: “The members of the California Housing Consortium are eager to start working with Governor Newsom in our shared commitment to addressing California’s housing crisis that is affecting millions of Californians […]
Leading Statewide Affordable Housing Organization Celebrates Passage of Prop 1
Sacramento, CA – The California Housing Consortium (CHC) released the following statement from Doug Shoemaker, Chair of CHC’s Board of Directors and President of Mercy Housing California, after polls closed Tuesday night and the passage of Prop 1 was announced: “The affordable housing community celebrates this remarkable moment of voters coming together to pass Prop […]
Housing Leaders Applaud Sweeping Legislative Action to Turn Tide on Housing Catastrophe
Sacramento, CA – The California Housing Consortium (CHC) released the following statement from Executive Director Ray Pearl on the Legislature’s successful passage of a housing package today: “California’s housing community is proud to have turned the tide on the crushing housing catastrophe by pressing for record-setting investment in affordable homes and removing barriers to building […]
Press Conference: Affordable housing advocates at the Capitol urging CA Legislature to go ‘Big and Bold’ to fight the state’s housing crisis.
With solutions in front of the CA Legislature, advocates called on them to pass a package of bills to begin to address the State’s housing crisis and #BringCAHome.
Commentary: Let’s Seize Opportunity to Turn Tide on Housing Catastrophe
The Legislature is back in session after a month-long recess, and housing advocacy organizations and partners are eager for action. Why? We haven’t seen urgency from state leaders to act on the state’s housing crisis and an opportunity to make an affordable housing bond and other critical legislative solutions a reality in years. Before the […]
Poll Reveals Strong Support for Large Affordable Housing Bond
Sacramento – Amid Californian’s mounting concern over rising homelessness and out-of-reach rents, California State Treasurer John Chiang and a coalition of affordable housing advocates today released the results of a new poll, which shows strong voter support for a $6-9 billion statewide affordable housing bond in 2018. Today in California, more than 1 in 3 […]
CHC Issues Response to Governor & Leadership’s Housing Announcement
Sacramento – Ray Pearl, Executive Director of the California Housing Consortium, released the following statement in response to today’s announcement by Governor Brown, Senate President pro Tempore Kevin de León and Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon that the Legislature will address California’s housing crisis and needs upon their return from summer recess: “We appreciate the recognition […]
OP-ED: State legislature must pass AB 71 to address affordable housing crisis
UCLA alumni, CHC Executive Director Ray Pearl with CHC Policy Director Marina Wiant co-authored an op-ed that ran in today’s Daily Bruin. It calls on the state’s legislators to match the ingenuity of UCLA students by doing their part and investing in affordable housing.
Governor’s Revised Budget Proposal Ignores State’s Housing Crisis
Sacramento, CA – The California Housing Consortium released the following statement from Executive Director Ray Pearl on Governor Jerry Brown’s revised budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2017-2018: “California has made a bold commitment to protect the health and well-being of our residents from federal action that undermines these priorities, so it is deeply disappointing to […]