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Californians Look to Address Affordable Housing in the Voting Booth
On November 8, voters in California will consider 17 statewide ballot measures. Direct legislation is more common in California than anywhere else in the country. Cities and counties throughout the state are adding referenda of their own, many of which aim to address housing affordability and homelessness. Ranging from housing bonds to zoning changes, these Continue reading
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News Round-Up: States Don’t Fill the Gap
In 2008, the National Low Income Housing Coalition released a report detailing how, despite their tremendous efforts to do so, states were unable to make up for the shrinking availability of federal dollars for affordable housing development with their own housing funds. In the Sacramento News & Review, we read a story that brings this report Continue reading
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