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New! Sustainable Communities Strategy (SB 375)

• An SB 375 bill summary.
• A list of Sustainable Communities Strategy acronyms.
• A list of opportunities for addressing home affordability in regional modeling.
• An advocates guide for effectively participating in the regional modeling process.
• Regional implementation timelines:
  • Sacramento
  • San Francisco Bay Area
  • San Diego
  • Los Angeles
  • Kern County
• The slide presentation from our last SB 375 training.

• REPORT: Evaluation of California's Transit-Oriented Development and Infill Programs

With generous funding from the Ford Foundation, Housing California evaluated two, new programs funded under Proposition 1C (2006): The Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Housing Program and the Infill Infrastructure Grant (IIG) Program. This interim report represents our first step in evaluating the outcomes of these two programs, focusing on awards from the first round of program funding. Housing California is conducting a follow-up analysis for Round 2 awards and producing a more-detailed report comparing outcomes from the first two funding rounds of each program.

• Full Report (PDF)
• Executive Summary (PDF)

Budget & Funding

• NEW! FACT SHEET: AB 2293 (Torres): Jumpstart Shovel-ready Housing Developments and Create Jobs


• NEW! FACT SHEET: AB 2033 (Torres): Secure California's Fair Share of Federal Funding to Address Homelessness


• Expanding Opportunity: New Resources to Meet California's Housing Needs (PolicyLink)

  One of Housing California's top priorities is the establishment of a permanent, dedicated funding source to increase the variety and supply of affordable homes in California. With rent control under attack, increasing condo conversions, and a growing population needing affordable homes, the current deficit is 631,000 homes affordable to low- and moderate-income people. And, while that is today's deficit, the number continues to grow by 35,000 homes each year, resulting in more and more Californians becoming priced out of the market.

  Expanding Opportunity: New Resources to Meet California's Housing Needs by PolicyLink explains some of the policy options for a statewide Housing Trust Fund.

• Full Report (PDF)
• Executive Summary (PDF)

Homelessness

• NEW! FACT SHEET: AB 2033 (Torres): Secure California's Fair Share of Federal Funding to Address Homelessness


• REPORT: California's 2009 Homeless Count Summary


• WHITE PAPER: Seven Strategies to Address Homelessness in California


• FACT SHEETS: "Focusing on Solutions" Series
  • Top 10 Solutions to Reduce Homelessness in 2010
  • Effective, Cost-Saving Solutions to Homelessness: Why "Supportive Homes" Work
  • Decreasing Homelessness by Increasing the Variety and Supply of Homes to Meet the Needs of All Californians
  
  Solutions for California's Sub-populations
  
  • Family Homelessness
  • Homelessness in Rural Areas
  • Homelessness and Transition-Aged Youth
  • Homelessness and Veterans
  • Homelessness and Domestic Violence
  • Homelessness and Mental Illness/Substance Abuse
  • Homelessness and the Criminal Justice System
  
  
• OVERVIEW: Reducing Parolee Recidivism Through Supportive Homes (Two-page Overview)



Sponsored by the Corporation for Supportive Housing, this two-page overview Reducing Parolee Recidivism Through Supportive Homes explains how homes with supportive services reduce state costs related to recidivism, increase public safety, and improve outcomes for people with mental illness who exit prisons.








• REPORT: Reducing Parolee Recidivism Through Supportive Homes (Successful Program by State)



Sponsored by the Corporation for Supportive Housing, this eight-page report Reducing Parolee Recidivism Through Supportive Homes: Successful Programs by State highlights programs in other states that have successfully reduced recidivism by parolees with serious mental illnesses.








• CASE STUDY: Supportive Homes: Garden Street Center (Santa Barbara, CA)



Sponsored by the Corporation for Supportive Housing, this case study of Garden Street Center describes an integrated complex created by the Mental Health Association of Santa Barbara, which spent eight years bringing the project to fruition. Besides the 51 new apartments, the Center is also now home to Mental Health Association services, offices, and conference space, which will also be made available to community groups.






• CASE STUDY: Supportive Homes: Pathways to Success After Homelenessness (Sacramento, CA)



Sponsored by the Corporation for Supportive Housing, this case study of Pathways to Success After Homelessness describes the Pathways program. Pathways serves approximately 200 clients who have mental illness and a history of chronic homelessness from three targeted populations: adults; emancipated, transition-aged youth 18-25; and seriously emotionally disturbed children and their families.

Other Resources to Make the Case for Affordable Homes

Show the Housing/Jobs Connection

• NEW! FACT SHEET: Jobs/Housing: An Investment in Homes Is an Investment in Jobs

Show the Variety of People Priced Out in Your Community

• UPDATED! REPORTS: What Is the Housing Situation in My Community?



Housing CA's unique three-page, full-color reports vividly illustrate not only the need for affordable places to live in communities throughout California, but also the benefits of building affordable homes and apartments. Even with home prices dropping, bank tellers, dental assistants, kindergarten teachers, paralegals, and thousands of others are still priced out of the housing market and cannot afford to buy or rent homes in the very communities in which they work!




Learn about the housing situation in your area and the benefits you and your community will gain by building more affordable places to live.

Show the Housing/Economic-Recovery Connection

• Investing in Home Production to Stimulate California's Economy
  We all know that building more affordable places to live stimulates the economy, and now Housing CA has created two new tools to help you make an effective case with legislators.
  
  
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Show Exactly How "Out of Reach" Rentals ARE in Our State

Out of Reach 2010 (National Low Income Housing Coalition)

The National Low Income Housing Coalition's (NLIHC) annual Out of Reach report vividly illustrates the need for action in creating homes people can afford.

• NLIHC Out of Reach Report for California, 2010

For more information (including reports for other states), visit NLIHC's Out of Reach Report webpage.

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