Affordable Housing

In the new episode of "Gimme Shelter: The California Housing Crisis Podcast." CalMatters' Manuela Tobias and the Los Angeles Times' Liam Dillon interview the heads of California’s top three housing agencies under the Newsom administration.

Negotiators working on the Build Back Better package must not miss the huge opportunity to invest in needed housing in California and elsewhere.

Protect California families by ensuring that key housing priorities are kept in the Build Back Better legislation package now under consideration.

In the new episode of "Gimme Shelter: The California Housing Crisis Podcast." CalMatters' Manuela Tobias and the Los Angeles Times' Liam Dillon break down California’s increased enforcement of housing production goals. They are joined by Victoria Fierce, whose organization sues cities that aren’t producing enough housing.

The California eviction moratorium ends after Sept. 30, but tenants still have some protections and can get help paying the rent. Here's a FAQ.

In the new episode of "Gimme Shelter: The California Housing Crisis Podcast," CalMatters' Manuela Tobias and the Los Angeles Times' Liam Dillon break down Fresno’s housing market and why rents and home prices have skyrocketed, even amid the pandemic. They are joined by Jovana Morales-Tilgren, who advocates on behalf of low-income tenants for Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability, a Fresno nonprofit.

Stable funding is needed to ensure California’s affordable housing efforts, climate goals and decarbonization policies work hand-in-hand.

The state is relying on a private contractor to get rent relief to California tenants and landlords, and just increased the lucrative deal.

A diverse coalition will continue to engage communities on issues of immigrant rights, affordable housing, climate change and criminal justice.

Fresh from beating back a recall, the governor signed a package of bills to address the California housing crisis. But what do these new laws mean for housing affordability in a state where median home prices have already shot past $800,000?