C.A.R. is sponsoring legislation to create a state Housing Agency, with a Cabinet-level Secretary, charged with overseeing activities related to housing. A new Housing Agency
Read more...ADUs provide for an additional solution to increasing the supply of affordable housing especially in tight real estate markets within the state. Unfortunately, there have
Read more...In recent years, the Legislature has sought to enhance consumer protections for Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) programs. However, there is still need for more
Read more...This measure requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to verify a local government’s housing production (based on the regional housing needs assessment) prior
Read more...The opportunities for homeownership are dwindling in California due to a lack of supply and, in turn, increasing costs, especially for individuals and families of
Read more...Currently, there is no uniform definition in state law for “affordable owner-occupied workforce housing” or “affordable workforce housing”. Affordable housing is an important issue at
Read more...In 2015, C.A.R. began its multi-year effort to update and clarify the real estate law with the enactment of AB 685 (Irwin). Subsequently, in 2017-18
Read more...Existing law requires local governments to adopt ordinances which comply with implementation of housing development projects and to provide the developer with a density bonus
Read more...Under current law, a state agency may sponsor a specialized license plates when they are sponsored by a state agency. Prior to program implementation, the
Read more...Enacted by voters in 1950, Article 34 of the California Constitution requires that any development comprised of “low-rent” dwellings, financed in whole or in part
Read more...This is a re-introduction of SCA 24 (Galgiani, 2018), which was introduced in the closing days of the 2017-18 Legislative Session. This measure includes the
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