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Housing voucher recipient Mitchell Friedeck stands in the entrance to the two-bedroom apartment where he lives with his three children in Nipomo, an unincorporated town in San Luis Obispo County, on Aug. 2, 2022. Photo by Julie Leopo for CalMatters

Could this COVID program help reduce the California housing crisis?

by Manuela Tobias and Jeanne Kuang August 8, 2022May 2, 2023

An emergency housing voucher program offers improvements to the decades-old federal solution to the housing affordability crisis, but landlord reluctance remains a crucial hurdle.

The Fresno County Superior Court on June 17, 2022. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/CatchLight Local

Got an eviction notice? This California website will help you file a response.

by Manuela Tobias July 19, 2022July 18, 2022

A for rent sign in Sacramento on June 28, 2022. Photo by Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters

Thousands of Californians in limbo as eviction protections end

by Manuela Tobias July 1, 2022July 20, 2022

homelessness

Investment in housing is the bottom-line answer to homelessness

by Guest Commentary June 24, 2022June 21, 2022

California Divide

California legislators want to help you buy a house with down payment, ‘shared equity’

by Alejandro Lazo June 15, 2022June 15, 2022

A BART train runs through a neighborhood of single-family homes in Albany. California lawmakers again rejected a bill that would have led to denser development along public transit routes. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

California ends most single-family zoning

by Emily Hoeven September 17, 2021September 17, 2021

Key lawmaker on California’s eviction ban: ‘If we run out of money, all bets are off’

by Manuela Tobias July 12, 2021September 29, 2021

Where are tenants falling through the cracks of California eviction ban?

by Manuela Tobias, Nigel Duara and John Osborn D'Agostino July 1, 2021July 9, 2021

Oakland resident Alex Acuña holds up a sign decrying a rent relief plan during a vigil at the Elihu M. Harris, State of California office building in Oakland on Jan. 29, 2021. Photo by Anne Wernikoff. CalMatters

California’s eviction moratorium extension: What’s in it for tenants and landlords?

by Manuela Tobias June 25, 2021August 5, 2021

A pedestrian with a suitcase walks past a vacant store front on Powell Street in the Union Square shopping district in San Francisco on June 14, 2021. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters

Why California’s unemployment picture is muddled

by Emily Hoeven June 21, 2021June 21, 2021