2023 was a historic year for the California budget, as the budget faced a multi-billion dollar deficit after last year’s record surplus. Join us as we discuss how much of the budget was allocated to housing and homelessness priorities, what this means for this fiscal year, and what we can expect for future budget discussions.  In this webinar we will discuss the statewide ramifications of the budget, how we expect the funding to impact Bay Area affordable housing efforts, and…

The Terner Center for Housing and Innovation’s recently published brief “Permanent Supportive Housing as a Solution to Homelessness: The Critical Role of Long-Term Operating Subsidies” quantifies the costs of operating Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) —including both the costs of managing the property and providing supportive services—and examines the implications of insufficient funding on properties, staff, and residents. The research was based on the experiences of NPH members who are PSH developers, owners, operators, and their staff and tenants.  It explores…

Recently, cities across Northern California have incorporated the state mandate to Affirmatively Further Fair Housing (AFFH) into their housing elements. First passed in 2018, California state AFFH law requires cities to promote access to opportunity, integration, transformation of underinvested communities, and compliance with fair housing law. In some ways, the AFFH mandate transformed the nature of the housing element, causing cities to implement a suite of production, preservations, and protection policies that previously would have never been on the table.…