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Today, the California Department of Housing and Community Development published California's Housing Future 2040: The Next Regional Housing Needs Allocation. This report lays the groundwork to unlock a variety of housing opportunities across California. Built on decades of progress to more accurately account for the housing needs of existing and future residents, the report identifies actions to promote and streamline housing development, affirmatively further fair housing, advance the state's climate goals, and substantially address California's housing shortage.  Learn more: https://lnkd.in/grmd3paS

THE HISTORY AND PRESENT STATE OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX IN AMERICA CAN BE SUMMED UP IN ONE WORD: BROKEN #HOMELESSNESS IS THE RESULT OF DECADES OF THE FAILURE TO BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR ALL. DON'T BE FOOLED BY SLICK PROMOTIONAL POSTS THAT MAKE IT SEEM LIKE YOUR LOCAL, STATE OR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ELECTED AND APPOINTED OFFICIALS ARE SOLVING THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS. WHEN IT COMES TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THE PUBLIC AND TAXPAYERS MUST ASK: AT WHAT COST TO THE TAXPAYERS AND HOW LONG IS THE AFFORDABILITY PERIOD? EVERY TAXPAYER SHOULD BE ASKING THEIR ELECTED AND APPOINTED OFFICIALS THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS: 1. How much local, state, and federal funding, tax credits, density bonus increase, waivers of impact fees, or other government benefit or incentive did the project receive? 2. What is the affordability period for each project and, if the affordability period is not in perpetuity or permanent, WHY NOT? 3. What guarantees exist that tenants in the affordable housing units will not be displaced after an "affordability period expires? Any LOCAL, STATE or FEDERAL official that does not MANDATE "permanent" affordability periods or affordability "IN PERPETUITY" for any project receiving some government benefit is commiting MALFEASANCE and should quit, be removed from office or be terminated. IN MOST CASES WHEN IT COMES TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING, the public and taxpayer are being fooled into thinking their elected and appointed officials are solving problems, when in fact, all hey have done is "KICK THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD" to burden a future generation with the same problem or crisis!

CLT Resource Alert: Our Researchers are attending today's webinar, "Chinatown Land Trusts in Action: A Path to Community Resilience," hosted by Next City. For decades, Chinatowns have collectively acquired properties via community land trusts to resist being displaced in gentrifying neighborhoods. Tune into the conversation with us today, hosted by Oscar Abello, to understand the new challenges CLTs now face and how communities are organizing in Los Angeles, Toronto, and Boston https://lnkd.in/ejXbu2UR?

Share your feedback on the ways we can support San Diego's communities of need through the Consolidated Plan Update! Join us on Thursday August 17, from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. to share your perspective on housing, neighborhood, and economic issues in the City of San Diego. Working with the Consolidated Plan Advisory Board, we have seen the tremendous impact this funding is used to support key issues identified in our Consolidated Plan. Be part of the process for the City of San Diego's 2025-2029 Consolidated Plan and 2025 Annual Action Plan. The Consolidated Plan is a planning document required by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) intended to help jurisdictions assess their affordable housing and community development needs and make data-driven, outcome-based investment decisions. Root Policy Research, a housing research and consulting firm, in collaboration with the California small business DPD Solutions, is working with the City to help develop the plans. Learn more & RSVP here: https://lnkd.in/gSqie_jB

Vermont's toolkit takes a comprehensive approach from permitting to financing. It will look at zoning as a foundation and visualize missing middle housing types, so people can wrap their heads around what it looks like. https://lnkd.in/ebp7yWpR #AffordableHousing #missingmiddle

By 2040 the community association housing model is expected to become the most common form of housing! In the vibrant state of Florida, approximately 9,674,000 residents call 3,855,000 homes in over 49,420 community associations their living space. These associations, ranging from homeowners associations to condominiums, housing cooperatives, and planned communities, create neighborhoods where homeowners collectively share responsibility, ownership, and the use of common amenities and facilities. Governed by state statutes, community associations entrust their administration and operations to elected neighbors. The financial backbone of these communities relies on mandatory assessments, ensuring that every homeowner contributes to the costs of association business. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/ecNbzvnR

📠 Still using fax machines and overflowing filing cabinets in your government offices? It's time for a change! Watch our CEO, Jason Rusnak, explain how we're helping modernize Housing and Community Development programs, leaving outdated methods behind: https://hubs.la/Q028vRBD0

What does the future hold for Tampa Bay’s housing market? Join us on Aug. 16 in St. Pete for a community conversation. A panel of local experts will examine the big regional housing issues. Learn more here: tbtim.es/housingevent

May is National Affordable Housing Month. The US lacks more than 7 million affordable housing units, according to the National Low Income Housing Coalition. This problem is worse on the west coast, with California suffering the greatest disparity of affordable housing availability. As CCLR Brownfield Revitalization Specialist Jim Bergdoll, AICP writes, the Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC)’s Equitable Community Revitalization Grant (ECRG) is helping to bridge the gap. Read his article on brownfield affordable housing success stories from the golden state. Read More Here: https://loom.ly/dQp59UY

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