July 29, 2025

KQED: Newsom’s Office Blasts Trump’s Homelessness Order as a Harmful ‘Imitation’

President Donald Trump’s executive order promising to crack down on street homelessness across the country drew prompt criticism from service providers in California and Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office, which called it a harmful imitation of the state’s approach.
September 8, 2025

Yahoo: California Tech Headquarters To Be Demolished for 225-Home Housing Project

Harvest Properties and Stockbridge bought the six office buildings with plans to replace them with 225 townhomes and single-family homes. Of the new homes, 15% will be reserved for low-income households.
September 30, 2025

It’s a Wrap: California Legislative Session Ends with Significant Wins Despite a Tough Cycle

Despite an unusual legislative cycle with many policy bills attached to the state budget process and an overall budget that slashed significant funding for housing priorities, NPH and our members and partners enjoyed some important victories.
January 13, 2026

KQED: Youth Homelessness Is Declining in California. Funding Cuts Threaten Progress

In fiscal year 2018, California began reserving 5% of homelessness funding for youth — what it calls the “youth set aside.” And by fiscal year 2021, the state had increased that set-aside to 10%. “We’re seeing something different than what’s happening nationally and what’s happening among the general population in California,” Tureck Lee said. “We really attribute those changes to these major state investments that came after years of lack of investment.” But in November, the U.S. Department of Housing…