Since 2019, California has invested over $40 billion in affordable housing, but the system to finance and develop affordable housing is highly fragmented and inefficient. To address these challenges, the State recently enacted a reorganization that will create a new California Housing and Homelessness Agency (CHHA). In addition, Assembly Bill (AB) 519 (Schiavo, 2023) called for the creation of an Affordable Housing Finance Workgroup
to determine how California could create a consolidated application for affordable housing funding. These are exciting opportunities to address inefficiencies in the current affordable housing delivery system.
What California Can Learn from the Affordable Housing Delivery Systems of Other States
Terner Center for Housing Innovation, UC Berkeley
Year: 2026