NLIHC Special Report March 25, 2020 — After many long days of negotiations, congressional leaders reached a bipartisan agreement on a $6 trillion package, including $2 trillion in direct spending, to respond to the coronavirus…
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By Janie Har March 26, 2020 — Homeless outreach workers are passing out hand sanitizer, checking temperatures and pleading with people not to crowd together. But a week after California Gov. Gavin Newsom pledged thousands…
By Alexandra Kelley March 20, 2020 — As California prepares for a statewide shelter-in-place order and Governor Gavin Newsom (D) predicts 56 percent of the population will be infected with coronavirus, state officials are working to…
By Sam Levin March 19, 2020 — As California officials urge residents to avoid physical contact, residents worry the facilities are not prepared to cope with the outbreak Southern California homeless shelter residents say long-running unsanitary and…
By Liam Dillon March 19, 2020 — A group of homeless and housing-insecure Angelenos seized more vacant, publicly owned homes in El Sereno on Wednesday, arguing that government officials have failed to provide the shelter…
By Dan Whitcomb March 18, 2020 — LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Modeling has shown that more than 60,000 homeless people could become ill with the coronavirus in California over the next eight weeks, badly straining…
By Tristi Rodriguez March 18, 2020 — SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KRON) — California Governor Gavin Newsom took additional actions Wednesday to protect the homeless from the novel coronavirus. California is providing emergency aid to local governments…
By Kriston Capps and Laura Bliss March 17, 2020 — Back in October 2009, when fears about the H1N1 “swine flu” pandemic were at a crisis point in the U.S., Congress passed emergency legislation to…
By Tim Houchen March 17, 2020 — According to the California Department of Housing & Community Development, between 5% and 10% of the 3.5 million Americans that experience homelessness during a year, have common household…
By Reid Wilson March 17, 2020 — People who are homeless face a huge risk of exposure to the coronavirus sweeping the nation, and city officials worry that their homeless populations could become vectors from…
By Nigel Duara, Ana B. Ibarra and Jackie Botts March 15, 2020 — California Gov. Gavin Newsom called for seniors and people with chronic conditions to isolate themselves during the coronavirus pandemic, raising questions about…
By Wes Venteicher and Theresa Clift March 15, 2020 — California state government is procuring hotels and motels to shelter the homeless as part of the state’s effort to slow the spread of coronavirus, Gov….
By Andrew Selsky March 12, 2020 — They often don’t have places to wash their hands, struggle with health problems and crowd together in grimy camps. That’s what makes homeless people particularly vulnerable to the…
By Frank J. Mecca March 10, 2020 — A woman in her late 70s receives an eviction notice from her mobile home park. She’s fallen victim to a financial scam and is several months behind…
By K&L Gates March 10, 2020 — Developers have new powerful tools to suspend restrictions on housing development and reduce the time it takes to approve housing developments in California. The recently adopted Housing Crisis…
CA HCD Press Release March 11, 2020 — SACRAMENTO – On the heels of Governor Newsom’s statewide homelessness tour, the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) announces awards totaling $427.9 million from the No…
By Evan Symon February 26, 2020 — On Monday, five Assemblymen brought forward eight related housing bills that target development and impact fees. Eight housing fee bills in the Assembly Assembly members Rob Bonta (D-Oakland),…
By Jeff AndrewsFebruary 25, 2020 — With home prices having long since surpassed their pre-financial crisis peaks, many Americans can’t afford to buy a house. And in urban areas, where jobs are often concentrated, Americans are struggling…
By Joseph Pimental February 24, 2020 — A year after California sued Huntington Beach for not producing its share of affordable housing, its city council has approved the purchase of a 34K SF site to be used…
By Tim Houchen February 29, 2020 — To inform affordable housing preservation efforts across the state, the California Housing Partnership annually assesses the historical loss and conversion risk of federally- and state-subsidized affordable rental properties. The February…