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March 29, 2023
Governor Newsom Announces $736 Million in Homekey Funds Now Available to Address Housing and Homelessness
Sacramento, CA —  

Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the availability of approximately $736 million in Homekey funding for local governments to build or purchase housing for individuals experiencing homelessness. 

To date, Homekey has created 12,774…

The City of Los Angeles is Prohousing
March 10, 2023
Governor Newsom Announces Los Angeles as the Newest Prohousing City in California
Sacramento, CA —  

Governor Gavin Newsom today announced that the City of Los Angeles is the latest jurisdiction to receive a Prohousing designation for their efforts to act with urgency, and in partnership with the state, to build more housing, faster. Cities and…

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February 21, 2023
California Attorney General Bonta and Department of Housing and Community Development Again Put City of Huntington Beach on Notice for Potentially Violating Multiple Housing Laws
Sacramento, CA —  

California Attorney General Rob Bonta and the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) today each issued letters under their separate enforcement authority urging the Huntington Beach City Council to…

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February 9, 2023
Governor Newsom Announces Awards of More Than $825 Million to Build Affordable Housing Through Accelerated Approval Process
Sacramento, CA —  

To continue expanding the state’s affordable housing stock and increase capacity for additional climate-smart infill housing, Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the first funding awards under a new streamlined application process aimed at…

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February 3, 2023
Governor Newsom Announces Designation of Three More California Jurisdictions as Prohousing for Strides Made to Accelerate Housing Production
Sacramento, CA —  

Today, Governor Gavin Newsom announced that an additional three communities, the city of El Cerrito and the counties of Placer and Sacramento, have earned the state’s Prohousing Designation. Cities and counties earn Prohousing designations by…

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January 24, 2023
California releases map of local government-owned surplus properties and housing element sites to spur affordable housing development
Sacramento, CA —  

The Department of General Services (DGS) in partnership with the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) released an interactive public map of property identified by local governments to help developers find land for housing…

HCD Director Gustavo Velasquez at the site of Sugar Pine Village.
October 24, 2022
State Announces Milestone in Excess Sites for Affordable Housing Executive Order Implementation
Sacramento, CA —  

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 that will transform vacant…

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October 3, 2022
HCD and Attorney General Announce Lawsuit Against City of Anaheim
Sacramento, CA —  

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 …

Governor Gavin Newsom announces awards.
September 29, 2022
State Funds Another 2,755 Homes with Final $1.02 Billion from the California Housing Accelerator
San Francisco, CA —  

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 shovel-ready projects in lieu of tax…

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September 19, 2022
Additional State Sites Identified for Housing as Newsom Executive Order Continues to Gain Momentum
Sacramento, CA —  

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 General Services (DGS) today…