Programs

  • Housing Justice Advocacy Initiatives

    Shifting and Building PowerHousing California builds power through multi-sector coalitions and community organizing networks and believes that many of the greatest opportunities for funding and policy change lie at the intersection of housing and other social issues, including criminal justice, health care, climate change, transportation, education and child welfare. The Organization works diligently to bring non-housing groups into its work, educate them about the role affordable housing and homelessness plays as an aid or hindrance for the goals they are trying to achieve, and engage them as housing justice advocates. Housing California also believes that by developing resident leaders who have historically been excluded from decision-making tables, providing a mutual and respectful space for action, and uniting resident leaders with non-profit housing developers and service providers, a powerful and influential force can be created for housing justice in California. The Organization plays a key role in uniting cross-sector partners and resident leaders through coalitions and networks to learn from each other and identify actions to heal historically broken relationships and collectively advance broader social equity and environmental justice solutions, including poverty, climate change, health, displacement, homelessness and incarceration. Activities aimed at shifting and building power during 2022 included: Continued to deepen resident organizing and leadership. Residents United Network members with experience of housing instability and homelessness served as an essential part of the advocacy on numerous priority bills in 2022 via virtual lobby days, testifying en masse at hearings, and emailing/calling legislators. Brought together 1,700 cross-sector leaders in person and virtually during Housing Californias first ever Hybrid Conference in April 2022, to network, learn from successes, and move collectively toward new ways of thinking, doing business, and achieving results as the Organization collectively works to create a California with homes, health, and prosperity for all in thriving, sustainable communities. Strengthened coalitions and partnerships that Housing California leads or is engaged in, including Bring California Home and Stable Homes, and initiated a new cross sector budget advocacy coalition, all of which will be critical in advancing the Roadmap Home 2030.
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2022 – Dec 31, 2022
    Source
    990
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    $1.3M

  • Roadmap Home 2030 Initiative

    Changing PolicyIn partnership with the California Housing Partnership (CHP) and the California Budget and Policy Center, Housing California launched the Roadmap Home 2030. The Roadmap Home represents the priorities and commitment of more than forty multi-sector partners and organizations with a proven record of creating affordable housing, fighting homelessness, and advancing tenants rights - all accomplished through a racial equity lens. The Roadmap Home 2030 is a ten-year plan that includes a comprehensive package of fifty-seven evidence-based statewide and federal policy solutions.Accomplishments during 2022 on the Roadmap Home 2030 included:Released a package of thirteen Roadmap Home policy priorities which were advanced through advocacy, email action alerts, targeted social media, earned media, and events. The network of organizations committed to supporting the vision and goals for the Roadmap Home grew by securing endorsements and media coverage, expanding the Roadmaps social media presence, and educating key partners and policymakers about the campaign via events and meetings. The Roadmap was aligned with other state and federal housing campaigns including the National Low Income Housing Coalitions HoUSed Campaign and the Corporation for Supportive Housings statewide gaps and needs analysis. The Roadmap Home 2030 will be updated in 2023 and beyond to include new policies and areas of focus. Other 2022 policy accomplishments included:Advocated for, and helped secure, a $5 billion investment in affordable housing and homelessness resources, including new funding to address homelessness, develop and preserve affordable rental homes, and provide for shared-appreciation loans to help low and moderate-income families achieve home ownership. Housing California sponsored ten bills and supported thirty-seven bills during the legislative session. As a result of coordinated advocacy, the Governor signed several bills into law including: A constitutional amendment to the 2024 ballot that would lower the voter threshold for affordable housing development. Streamline development of affordable housing on commercially zoned property with strong labor provisions. A further density bonus for affordable housing developments in high quality transit areas. Efficiency and accountability in government to better capture data on housing production for extremely low-income Californians. Help for specific groups of Californians uniquely impacted by the housing crisis. Protect those experiencing homelessness and improve the homeless response system.Housing California engaged in numerous advocacy efforts advising the California Governor and his administration to ensure equitable implementation of key affordable housing and homelessness policies and programs. This included: Strengthening relationships with administrative leaders from Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency, Homeless Coordinating and Financing Council, the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD), and the California Housing Finance Agency. These growing relationships have positioned Housing California to act as an advisor in shaping ongoing policy work and equitable (both demographically and geographically) development of guidelines for, and implementation of, existing and emerging programs. Providing feedback based on the experience of providers to the California Department of Social Services around their new release of funding for the Housing Support Program, Bringing Families Home Program, Housing and Disability Advocacy Program, and Home Safe Program. Participation in the launch of a new effort by the Department of Housing and Community Development that aims to develop a comprehensive policy framework for Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing in California. Through a series of stakeholder engagement sessions, the Opportunity Framework project will consider topics such as community development strategies and preventing displacement of low-income residents in gentrifying neighborhoods. The lessons learned will inform HCDs plans to update Tax Credit Allocation Committee and HCD Opportunity Maps and create online tools that support the policy framework.Housing California also supported the federal policy agenda of our national partners, the National Low Income Housing Coalition and the National Alliance to End Homelessness, through social media posts, sign-on letters, and advocacy meetings to ensure that the needs of low income Californians were heard during federal policymaking processes.
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2022 – Dec 31, 2022
    Source
    990
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    $849.4K

  • Housing Narrative Change Initiative

    Shaping the NarrativeHousing and homelessness are tremendously complex topics, making it difficult to craft a comprehensive message. Housing California must work to shift Californias housing and homelessness dominant narrative from a problem-focused, individual blame frame to a solutions-oriented, societal change frame in order to advocate more effectively for bold systems change solutions that create homes, health, and prosperity for all. Housing California must convey the various ways that housing and homelessness policy can deliver tangible public benefits, thereby increasing public demand for change in order to advocate more effectively for progressive affordable housing and homelessness policy changes.Activities aimed at shaping a new narrative during 2022 included: Established the position of Narrative and Strategic Communications Director to help provide leadership for and guide this component of Housing Californias work. Served as a leading voice on affordable housing and homelessness in the California capitol and statewide by securing ten radio and print media placements, as well as gained hundreds of email and social media subscribers and followers; and presenting at numerous convenings. Activated Housing Californias base of supporters via email and social media messaging, often amplified by partners and advocates, through which followers signed petitions, contacted elected officials, and expressed public support for our policy priorities. Increased statewide narrative change capacity to advocate more effectively for progressive affordable housing and homelessness policy and systems change. Launched a new health and housing narrative initiative with TheCaseMade to pilot how to most effectively create and advance aligned narratives that cross-sector partners can support to help advance the vision and goals of the Roadmap Home. Served as a statewide partner for the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to conduct a social media randomized control trial to develop, field, and test the impact of statewide narrative frames and messages on a variety of persuasion and engagement outcomes.The Organizations primary means of communication include its website www.housingca.org, newsletter (9,476 subscribers), Facebook (3,562 followers), and Twitter (6,714 followers). Roadmap Home 2030: newsletter (3,783 subscribers), Facebook (5,700 followers), Twitter (7,370 followers).
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2022 – Dec 31, 2022
    Source
    990
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    $558.2K