Action Alert – Support AB 115!
CHC needs your help to advance our sponsored bill, AB 115 (Bloom), which passed out of the Assembly Committee on Housing & Community Development yesterday—but faces another tough test on April 28 in the Assembly Committee on Local Government. This legislation is one of the few substantive land use reform proposals moving through the Legislature […]
Federal Update for April 2021 from David Gasson
It is finally Infrastructure week, month and more than likely the year of Infrastructure. The Biden Administration has come out with the American Jobs Plan, which is an odd name for a package that includes so many sectors of economic development. Nonetheless, for housing advocates and practitioners this has the potential to be the single greatest investment […]
Member Update for April 9, 2021
This week in affordable housing news…: State update: The San Francisco Chronicle highlighted the potential of a CHC-supported bill, AB 215 (Chiu), which would create a new checkpoint partway through the eight-year RHNA cycle for the state to assess how close cities are to meeting their housing production targets—and intervene if needed. The bill would require […]
Member Update for March 26, 2021
This week in affordable housing news…: State update: A Mercy Housing development under construction at 833 Bryant in San Francisco was profiled this week in the San Francisco Chronicle in a story highlighting the project’s remarkable speed (on track to completion in three years, compared to the more typical six years) and reduced cost (roughly […]
Member Update for March 19, 2021
This week in affordable housing news…: State update: Applications opened this week for the first $2.6 billion of federal renter relief funds passed in December as part of the COVID stimulus bill. The San Jose Mercury News has a helpful summary of the program, which is open to both tenants and landlords impacted by the […]
Member Update for March 12, 2021
This week in affordable housing news…: State update: Governor Newsom highlighted his ongoing commitment to affordable housing in his annual State of the State address this week, noting a range of emergency actions taken by the state over the last year to keep people safely in their homes. “I’m mindful that we aren’t truly addressing […]
Member Update for February 26, 2021
This week in affordable housing news…: Governor Newsom signed a $7.6 billion economic stimulus package this week that will provide $600 payments to 5.7 million lower-income Californians, including people earning less than $30,000 a year, undocumented workers excluded from federal coronavirus relief, and low-income seniors and disabled residents who qualify for federal income support programs.“As […]
Member Update for February 19, 2021
This week in affordable housing news: State update: Several dozen bills impacting affordable housing have been introduced ahead of today’s bill introduction deadline. CHC is reviewing this legislation, which includes a variety of proposals to fund affordable housing (SB 5, Atkins), identify new sites for affordable development (AB 115, Bloom), reduce development costs (AB 571, […]
Industry Insight – February 2021
This month’s edition of Industry Insight includes:
-A Note from our Executive Director Ray Pearl
-In Case You Missed it
-Affordable Housing in the News
-Federal Update from David Gasson
-New Year, New Faces
Member Update for January 29, 2021
This week in affordable housing news…: State update: Governor Newsom signed a bill extending California’s eviction moratorium through at least June 2021 and created a new program for distributing $2.6 billion in federal rent relief to lower-income tenants and property owners. The Legislature passed the legislation, SB 91, on Thursday, only a few days before […]