CHC & CAL-ALHFA “What’s Next” Workshop
The California Housing Consortium, in conjunction with CAL-ALHFA, hosted a workshop July 18th, sponsored by CHASE, entitled “What’s Next? The New Reality for Affordable Housing.” Attended by over 75 people, the workshop provided an opportunity to hear from a distinguished list of speakers and ask questions about the implementation of recently passed RDA dissolution and […]
Redevelopment: The Next Chapter
On June 30, 2011, Governor Brown signed SB 87, the main budget bill containing the FY 2011-12 State Budget. Additionally, he signed a number of budget trailer bills, including ABX1 26, the redevelopment elimination bill, and ABX1 27, the bill that allows redevelopment agencies to “opt in” to a new system but force them to […]
Does Access to Public Transit Affect Housing Costs?
On August 29, 2011 the Center for Housing Policy released Public Transit’s Impact on Housing Costs: A Review of the Literature, which summarizes the extensive body of research on whether public transit influences the cost of nearby housing. The brief finds that access to public transit generally leads to higher home values and rents, but […]
CHC Signs on to AHTCC’s Letter to Protect LIHTC
Click here to see the Affordable Housing Tax Credit Coalition’s rebuttal piece to Senator Tom Coburn’s (R-OK) proposal to eliminate the Low Income Housing Tax Credit, contained in his deficit reduction plan entitled “Back in Black”, released in July.
2011 Policy Forum & CA Housing Hall of Fame Awards
Our annual event was held this year on May 26, 2011 at the Hotel Casa del Mar in Santa Monica. Two-hundred affordable housing leaders spent the day hearing from an insightful keynote speaker, participating in a provocative policy debate and honoring six “heroes among us” who have made a profound impact in the affordable housing […]
CHC’s Open Letter to Legislators Appears in Sacramento Bee
A full-page open letter to California’s Legislators from CHC and other housing advocates was published in the Sacramento Bee this week. The ad, sponsored by the Non-Profit Housing Association of Northern California, California Housing Consortium, Habitat for Humanity Greater San Francisco and San Diego Housing Federation, was well received and was a great lead-in to […]
New Report Shows RDAs’ Positive Impact on Affordable Housing
The Center for Housing Policy today released a report declaring California’s redevelopment process an innovative and successful model for affordable housing funding. Since 1993, redevelopment agencies have helped to develop or rehab more than 98,000 affordable homes, according to the report. In fiscal year 2007-08 alone ( the most recent period for which reports are available […]
CHC Executive Director Speaks at RDA Hearing
Read CHC Executive Director Ray Pearl’s comments from today’s joint hearing of the Senate Transportation and Housing Committee and the Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee , delivered during the public testimony portion of the hearing: “The California Housing Consortium represents affordable housing providers throughout the state. We are a “big tent” organization whose members include […]
Affordable Housing Fund Launched In LA County
The County of Los Angeles has partnered with three nonprofit organizations and two financial institutions to deliver $60 million of low cost, flexible capital for affordable rental homes for low income families and individuals. The newly launched Los Angeles County Housing Innovation Fund (LACHIF) will provide loans to nonprofit and for-profit affordable and supportive housing […]