Eviction Moratorium

CalMatters conducted a Q&A with housing researcher Carolina Reid, who has been tracking vulnerable renters throughout the pandemic. She says the state could help renters facing eviction — if enough money gets to them in time.

Keeping families housed should be a top priority as the state recovers from the pandemic.

Gov. Newsom’s revised budget could lift the financial burden rental housing providers have carried during the pandemic.

A small survey of rent relief providers finds that applicants face language, documentation and digital barriers, but the state has fixes on the way.

Los Angeles and cities across California are using lotteries to distribute emergency rental assistance. While some tenants fret over fairness, experts say it may be the most equitable way to distribute emergency assistance as Gov. Gavin Newsom proposes doubling state aid.

Clearly, there needs to be systemic, long-term interventions in place, and nonprofits can receive funds to help vulnerable populations.

The COVID-19 pandemic appears to be easing in California, but its effects will linger, including a worsening of the state's housing crisis.

Although California has an eviction moratorium in place, saving millions from losing their homes, this protection ends in June.

With two months left before California’s eviction moratorium ends June 30, political momentum isn’t on the side of tenants for an extension.

Never has it cost so much to buy a house in California. The median price for a single-family home shot up to a staggering $758,990 in March — a nearly 6% increase from the previous record of $717,930 set in December and a whopping 24% increase from March 2020, according to figures released Friday by […]