The 2019-20 Budget: What Can Be Done to Improve Local Planning for Housing?

Feb 20, 2019 - Given this, offering rewards to cities and counties in hopes of boosting housing production seems like a risky bet. If the Legislature were to allocate funding for rewards, it cannot be sure what effect, if any, such a program would have on home building.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3938

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Housing

Apr 5, 2022 - Additionally, a recent report estimated that four feet of flooding expected from sea‑level rise over the next 40 to 100 years could make 13,000 existing homes in the Bay Area uninhabitable, uninsurable, or undesirable places to live.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4584

Housing and Homelessness Funding Impacting Children

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https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3985

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Housing, Homelessness and Local Government

Oct 22, 2025 - Under the California Dream for All model, borrowers do not make any payments on their downpayment loan until the home is sold or paid off. At tha t time, they will owe the original loan amount plus a certain percentage of the increase in home value.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5082

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - Moreover, many existing structures were built to different standards than are commonplace today, making them less resilient to the effects of climate change. For instance, many older homes were built with features —such as wood shake roofs, cedar siding, or single ‑paned windows —that make them more vulnerable to igniting during wildfires.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

The 2022-23 Budget: The Governor’s Homelessness Plan

Feb 9, 2022 - Bridge Funding May Make Sense but Forthcoming Details Will Be Important. The Governor indicates the homelessness funding proposed in the 2022‑23 budget is intended to address near‑term needs while previously funded long‑term housing solutions come online.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4521

The 2022-23 Budget: The Governor's Housing Plan

Feb 14, 2022 - For example, the proposed MPRROP funding could support weatherization activities to make manufactured homes more resilient to the impacts of extreme heat. These are meritorious goals, but additional action is needed over the long term to build new, and protect existing, housing from the impacts of climate change.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4535

The 2017-18 Budget: Local Update of Census Address Program Overview

Mar 23, 2017 - Traditionally, each household receives a questionnaire in the mail that asks a few basic questions including the number of people in the household, their names, their ages, their race/ethnicities, and whether or not the occupants of the household own or rent their home.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3629

The 2019-20 Budget: Considerations for Governor's Proposals to Address Homelessness

Feb 21, 2019 - Voter Approval of No Place Like Home Represents Significant Investment in Long ‑Term Homelessness Solution. Voter approval of Proposition   2 i n 2018 authorized the use of funds from the Mental Health Services Act, which taxes income above $ 1  m illion, for No Place Like Home (NPLH).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3942

The 2017-18 Budget: National Housing Trust Fund Staffing

Feb 23, 2017 - The NHTF is funded by allocations from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac —government-sponsored enterprises created to support a secondary market for home mortgages. Due to financial challenges at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac shortly after the NHTF was created, allocations to the NHTF were suspended.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3580