California is failing to build enough affordable homes to meet the needs of lower-income residents, even though the state has been trying to address the problem for years.
The California Housing Partnership conducts an annual report every May, and its most recent analysis found the state is still falling short."Although California has more than tripled production of new affordable homes in the past four years, the state is only funding 20% of what is needed to meet its goals," the 2023 report states.
As of November 2022, however, only 13% of the 3.5 million homes he campaigned on building have been permitted, let alone built, according to data from the Construction Industry Research Board. Traci Mysliwiec, director of communications for the California Housing Partnership, told the Washington Examiner that"solving California's affordable housing crisis requires a long-term, comprehensive, evidence-based set of policy solutions at scale."
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