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Our reports analyze the need for investment and policy reforms in housing and supportive services for Californians and propose solutions needed now and in the future.
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California Renters Need Increased Access to Affordable Housing
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Who is Experiencing Housing Hardship in California?
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California Renters Risk Eviction and Homelessness as Key Protections Expire
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Who is Experiencing Homelessness in California?
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Q&A: Understanding Homelessness in California & What Can Be Done
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Renters Face Housing Instability and Inequity Before and After COVID-19
Almost 17 million Californians — 44% of all state residents — live in homes that are rented. As the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have unfolded, the urgent needs of California’s renters have rightly received significant attention, including calls for eviction moratoriums, rental assistance, and production of more affordable housing. Many of the millions of workers who have lost jobs fear missing rent payments and losing a safe home for their families at a time when having a safe and stable home is especially vital for both personal health and public health. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic and recession, when the state’s economy was booming, millions of California renters struggled to afford the high cost of their housing. In the coming months, California’s local, state, and federal policymakers will have choices and decisions to make about how to address the needs of renters through proposed changes in laws and new policy proposals.Housing & Homelessness
Get the Facts
Nearly 17 million Californians — 44% of all state residents — live in homes that are rented.
Racial disparities in California’s unhoused population are significant as Black, American Indian or Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Californians disproportionately experience homelessness.
Eight in 10 households with incomes below 200% of the federal poverty line had unaffordable housing costs before the COVID-19 pandemic.
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