NEWS & UPDATES
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April 2025 Newsletter
Trump Administration Actions Continue to Impact Housing and Homelessness
The Trump administration continues to adopt policies and implement changes that have a drastic impact on housing and homelessness, driven by its cost-cutting and bureaucracy reduction efforts. Meanwhile, other lawmakers [...]
Continuing Resolution Keeps Most Funding Level Through September 2025
Following dramatic budget negotiations, Congress passed and President Trump signed a continuing resolution (CR) that averted a potential government shutdown and keeps the government open through September 2025, which [...]
State Bills Continue to Be Amended and Heard in Committees
Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas kicked off the 2025-26 California legislative session in January with a very public commitment to combat the state's soaring cost of living. So far, this [...]
Status of the Governor’s Reorganization Plan for a California and Housing and Homelessness Agency
The Governor’s 2025-26 Budget Summary, released in January, proposed the creation of a California Housing and Homelessness Agency and a California Consumer Protection Agency using the formal governmental reorganization [...]
What We’re Reading
REPORTS / RESOURCES
2025 California Legislative Preview: Rebuilding, Accelerating Production and Funding Affordable Housing | Terner Center for Housing | March 2025
California’s Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities Program: AHSC Impact Report, Rounds 1 to 8 | California Housing Partnership and Enterprise Community Partners | March 2025
The 2025 California Affordable Housing Pipeline | Enterprise Community Partners | March 2025
No State Has an Adequate Supply of Affordable Rental Housing for the Lowest-Income Renters | National Low Income Housing Coalition | March 2025
Governor Newsom Expands First-in-the-Nation Program to Transform Underutilized State Land into Affordable Housing | Office of Governor Gavin Newsom | February 2025
State of California Accountability | State of California | February 2025
ARTICLES/MEDIA
‘Quiet Panic’ as National Rental Assistance Program Set to Run Out of Cash | CalMatters | March 18, 2025
Affordable Housing Threatened as Trump Halts $1 Billion Slated for Extending Life of Aging Buildings | AP | March 12, 2025
Trump DEI Purge Hits Affordable Housing Groups | Bloomberg | March 12, 2025
Builders Stockpile Lumber, Swap Out Materials to Work Around Tariffs | WSJ | March 11, 2025
Apartment, Multifamily Housing Groups Ask Trump to Review Housing Regulations | Smart Cities Dive | March 10, 2025
How California Homeless Programs Are Helping People Get Fit and Off the Streets: ‘It’s The Bike’ | CalMatters | March 10, 2025
They Tried to Pay Their Overdue Rent. Their Landlord Wouldn’t Accept It. | CalMatters | March 10, 2025
Trump Is on Track to Ditch a Time-Tested Approach to Combating Homelessness | Vox | March 7, 2025
Los Angeles Stops Accepting New Applicants for Section 8, Citing Budget Uncertainty in Washington | Los Angeles Times | March 6, 2025
Renters, Builders Defend San Diego’s ADU Program as Council Backs Off Repeal Effort | KPBS | March 5, 2025