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February 16, 2024
Sacramento, CA —  

California Governor Gavin Newsom today announced Homekey grant awards to six new projects that will create 369 homes for Californians at risk of or experiencing homelessness, including several developments focused on young people transitioning to…

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February 2, 2024
Sacramento, CA —  

The Orange County Superior Court today ruled in favor of the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD), finding that the City of Anaheim violated multiple state housing laws when it denied a well-established local nonprofit…

Image of city scape with Prohousing over the top.
January 31, 2024
Sacramento, CA —  

Governor Gavin Newsom announced today that the cities of Eureka, Healdsburg, Mountain View, Petaluma, San Luis Obispo, and Santa Monica, and the County of Tulare, have earned the coveted designation as Prohousing communities for their efforts to…

Map of California with overlay text with today's $95.6 million investment, more than 15,000 homes have been funded by Homekey!
January 18, 2024
Sacramento, CA —  

Governor Gavin Newsom today announced more grant awards from the third round of Homekey, the Administration’s initiative to help communities to address the challenge of homelessness by rapidly expanding the availability of housing for at-risk…

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January 18, 2024
Sacramento, CA —  

California Governor Gavin Newsom, Attorney General Rob Bonta, California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) Director Gustavo Velasquez, and the City of Fullerton today announced an agreement requiring the city to reach…

Excess Sites Local Government Matching Grants (LGMG) awarded to accelerate development on state excess sites.
January 4, 2024
Sacramento, CA —  

Today, the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) announced more than $63 million in Excess Sites Local Government Matching Grants (LGMG) to accelerate development of 975 affordable homes across ten projects statewide.…

Photo of smiling couple in front of mobilehomes. Text reads: The MORE program helps preserve access to affordable homeownership in quality mobilehome parks.
December 19, 2023
Sacramento, CA —  

The California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) today issued the first-ever round of awards from a pioneering state program designed to improve health and safety conditions for mobilehome owners, preserving a significant…

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December 12, 2023
Oakland, CA —  

Governor Gavin Newsom, Attorney General Bonta, and the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) today announced filing a request to intervene and a proposed writ of mandate in Cal. Housing Defense Fund v. City of La Cañada…

Photo of a key. Text reads, "Today's round 3 Homekey grants totaling nearly $182 million will create 613 homes in five California communities."
December 4, 2023
Sacramento, CA —  

Governor Gavin Newsom today announced more grant awards from the $850 million Round 3 of Homekey, the Administration’s initiative to help communities to address the challenge of homelessness by rapidly expanding the availability of housing for at…

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December 4, 2023
Sacramento, CA —  

Resources are still available to help California homeowners affected by the 2017 and 2018 wildfires and other natural disasters rebuild their homes. However, the deadline to apply for these funds is quickly approaching.

Many victims of…