NEWS & UPDATES
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July 2025 Newsletter
Federal Reconciliation Bill Signed with Housing Provisions; FY 2026 Budget Proposal Still Pending
Updated July 8, 2025 The Federal Reconciliation Bill – or “One Big Beautiful Bill”- to finalize spending for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 was signed into law on Friday, July [...]
State Budget Passed with Unprecedented Focus on Housing Streamlining, Retaining Investments for Housing and Homelessness
Article Contributor: Jacqueline Woo, Senior Associate, Research & Policy California’s legislature passed its budget on Friday, June 13, ahead of the June 15 constitutional deadline. The budget was signed [...]
Legislature Continues Focus on Streamlining Housing; Elects New Pro Tempore
Article Contributor: Jacqueline Woo, Senior Associate, Research & Policy In Sacramento, June is a pivotal month for the California Legislature – bills must move out of their house of [...]
Learning Across Borders: Building Communities and Creating Green Homes with Global Insight
Article Contributors: Aria Pounaki, GPLA Team and Community of Practice Manager; Jacqueline Woo, GPLA Senior Associate, Research & Policy The 5th International Social Housing Festival (ISHF) convened at Dublin’s [...]
Funding Available for Behavioral Health Treatment and Service Facilities
In early May, Governor Newsom announced $3.3B in Behavioral Health Continuum Infrastructure (BHCIP) Round 1 grant funding for 124 projects across the state accounting for 213 mental health and/or [...]
What We’re Reading
REPORTS / RESOURCES
Cumulative Disadvantage in Hispanic Homeownership | Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University | June 2025
Housing Opportunities: Governor’s Reorganization Plan to Create the California Housing and Homelessness Agency | Terner Center for Housing | June 2025
The Evolving Landscape of Social Housing in New England: What We Learned | Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University | June 2025
Cuts to Climate, Energy Funding in House Bill Would Mean Higher Costs, Fewer Jobs, Poorer Health | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities | June 2025
A Costly Form of Displacement: Eviction from Mobile Home Parks | Eviction Lab | June 2025
ARTICLES/MEDIA
Homelessness Is Top of Mind for Many Californians. Why Does the Proposed Budget Eliminate Funding for It? | CalMatters | June 16, 2025
Could This City be the Model for How to Tackle the Housing Crisis and Climate Change? | NPR | June 15, 2025
Southern California’s 3.1% Inflation Remains Above Last Year’s Lows | San Diego Union-Tribune | June 12, 2025
Federal DEI, ‘Wokeness’ Restrictions Put California Homeless Providers in a Bind | CalMatters | June 12, 2025
New Homes with No Parking? LA City Council Considers Ending Parking Requirements | LAist | June 11, 2025
How A Wealthy Bay Area Town Is Gaming California’s Housing Mandates | SF Gate | June 9, 2025
App for Finding Homeless Shelter Beds Expands Throughout San Diego County | San Diego Union-Tribune | June 9, 2025
After Half a Century, California Legislators on the Verge of Overhauling a Landmark Environmental Law | LA Times | June 2, 2025
The Housing Market Was Supposed to Recover This Year. What Happened? | New York Times | June 2, 2025
L.A. Has 24,000 Tiny Vacant Lots Across the City—These Designs Show Creative Ways to Use Them for Housing | Fast Company | May 29, 2025