As State Legislators look for a way out of the budget impasse, CHC is urging our representatives to reject any proposals to take redevelopment funding.  Redevelopment agencies throughout the state leverage their tax increment funding with unprecedented Prop 1C TOD and infill support in order to create critical incentives for building new affordable housing near jobs and transit.  (For a copy of CHC’s letter, please click this link to our Policy Update page)

Land Use Planning Progress – as you know, CHC has actively supported Sen.

UPDATE 8/4/08:  On Thursday, July 31, President Bush signed one of the most important federal housing policies in a generation. A full menu of support for the housing sector includes measures to address the foreclosure and credit crisis, provide new oversight and structural reforms for the GSEs, revise and improve LIHTC regulations, increase bonding capacity, and create a national housing trust fund. For more specifics, please see the 7/231 NY Times article below...
 
Some background on the bill:

UPDATE: 7/25/2008: Due to recent developments in Sacramento, CHC has come out in opposition to the Housing Authority Dispositions Bill (AB2818). Please see the official letter of opposition in the attachments.

CHC is pleased to alert its members to some very encouraging news at a time when the housing sector and the state economy could use it most: 

The California Housing Consortium  annual CHC Policy Forum and Housing Hall of Fame Luncheon was a great success.  See pictures and a summary of the event by Clicking Here!

CHC will be co-hosting these regional stakeholder meetings with the Department of Housing and Community Development.  The San Diego event will be held on June 2 at the SANDAG offices, more information is available here.  The Sunnyvale event will be held at the offices of Palm, Inc on June 10, more information available here and in the flyer attached below.

On Wednesday, March 12, a delegation of CHC members participated in Spring Lobby Day.  Following a one-hour briefing in the conference room of the California Association of Counties (1100 K Street), the following CHC members visited with (16) key state representatives on housing-related legislation for the new term:  Carol Galante (CHC Policy Leadership Task Force Chair; BRIDGE Housing Corp.

This afternoon the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) has released the $240MM Notice of Affordability for the Infill Set-Aside of PROP 1C.  You may download the Department’s explanatory memo, the Final Infill Guidelines, and the NOFA itself at:  http://www.hcd.ca.gov/fa/iig/ .

HCD will host workshops for those considering making an application by the April 4 deadline – March 5 (Los Angeles); March 7 (Sacramento); and March 11 (Fresno).

This morning CHC board and staff members Dianne Spaulding, Carol Galante, Lynn Jacobs and Jeff Loustau participated in a press conference organized by Governor Schwarzenegger to highlight the success of Proposition 1C and the importance of state housing programs to stimulate the California economy.  The event was held at a BRIDGE Housing Development in Palo Alto held up as an example of how Prop 1C funds are already being used to create much need housing and keep California's