HCD and City of Paradise Officials
December 28, 2022

Hours after the 2018 Camp Fire ravaged the Town of Paradise, town residents and leaders gathered in the early morning to discuss recovery and rebuilding. And now a few years later, Paradise is stronger than ever with a clear vision for the future…

Burning candles with the phrase Homeless Persons Memorial Day
December 21, 2022

Today is National Homeless Persons Memorial Day. Everyone should have a safe, warm place to live, and no life should be lost due to a lack of shelter. Today on the longest night of the year, we mourn those we have lost and reaffirm our commitment…

Celebrating Prohousing Designation
December 15, 2022

SACRAMENTO — Today the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) announced the cities of Citrus Heights, Fontana, Oakland, Roseville, San Diego, and West Sacramento have earned the state’s Prohousing…

HCD Director Gustavo Velasquez at the site of Sugar Pine Village
October 24, 2022

Sacramento—The California Department of General Services (DGS) and the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) announced today the beginning of the first phase of Sugar Pine Village, a 248-unit community…

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October 3, 2022

Sacramento — On behalf of the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD), the Attorney General moved to intervene today in a lawsuit against the City of Anaheim. The lawsuit alleges that Anaheim violated…

Governor Gavin Newsom announces awards.
September 29, 2022

San Francisco — To continue to address the state’s long-term affordable housing shortfall, California officials today announced all $1.02 billion in new awards for California Housing Accelerator, which provides funding to 30…

multiple shovels in ground
September 19, 2022

SACRAMENTO — As part of the state’s multipronged strategy to reach a goal of more than one million affordable homes by 2030, the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) and the California Department of…

City of San Francisco
August 9, 2022

SACRAMENTO — The Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) today announced that its Housing Accountability Unit (HAU) will conduct a first-ever Housing Policy and Practice Review of San Francisco, aimed at identifying…

San Francisco Mayor London Breed speaking on SB 9.
July 21, 2022

SACRAMENTO — Today, the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) acknowledged and applauded a critical veto by San Francisco Mayor London Breed of a local ordinance that attempts to bypass state housing…

First Homekey site: Veterans Village in Ben Lomond
June 17, 2022

SACRAMENTO — The Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency (BCSH) and the Department of Housing and Community Development today joined Assemblymember Mark Stone (D-Santa Cruz) and representatives for Senator John Laird (D-…