BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — Trump administration proposes $26.7 billion cut to HUD, impacting Section 8 housing in California. Housing Authority director Stephen Pelz opposes shifting control of ...

The ACLU Foundation of Southern California and the Law Office of Peter Bibring filed a lawsuit against the Housing Authority ...

A first-of-its-kind plan to help end homelessness will be unveiled in Sacramento on Wednesday. Supporters say it's an aggressive approach to getting more people off the streets and into permanent ...

I often hear people complain that the Housing Authority doesn’t pay property taxes and is somehow harming the community by taking land “off the tax rolls.” While it’s true that the properties we own ...

After years of soaring rents, increasingly out-of-reach home prices and an enduring homelessness crisis that touches every corner of the state, California is finally creating a state agency ...

California continues to press forward with housing legislation. One of the most significant proposals to date, the Abundant & Affordable Homes Near Transit Act (SB 79), recently cleared the California ...

The affordable housing crisis in California has only gotten worse over the past decade. Density restrictions, ballooning land prices and high construction costs have forced some developers to postpone ...

California is about to run a high‑stakes experiment in how far housing law can go to bend an overheated market. Starting in 2026, a dense package of statewide rules will change what gets built, where ...

California is in the middle of a housing policy crisis that is stubbornly hard for lawmakers to solve. Families are struggling to pay rent. First-time buyers are watching prices climb out of reach.

On September 13, 2025, the Legislature passed Senate Bill 79 (“SB 79), authored by Senator Scott Wiener, representing one of the most important land use reforms of the 2025 legislative session, one ...