Housing is too expensive for millions of Californians.
California Social Housing can help fix that.
Photo by Abbie Bernet on Unsplash
More than two in five Californians spend over 30% of their income on housing.
Millions of Californians struggle to afford housing near jobs, transit, and good schools. 97%+ of California cities haven’t produced enough affordable housing. We need more housing for people at all income levels, and social housing can provide it.
What is Social Housing?
Publicly Owned Mixed-Income
Social Housing is publicly backed housing that is affordable to individuals and families of different income levels. It also avoids the problem of concentrated poverty, by creating mixed-income neighborhoods. This strategy fosters economic opportunities, while preserving affordability to low-income households in the community.
Proven
Social housing is a proven way to provide affordable housing, with successful examples in California, the rest of the United States, and abroad in places like Vienna and Singapore.
Social Housing Examples
Image from City of Vienna
It works abroad…
More than two out of every three residents of Vienna live in social housing.
Image from CBG Building Company
It works in the United States.
Maryland has constructed large social housing developments in the recent past.
Photo from Fremont Mews
And it will work in California.
CADA in Sacramento, while not “social housing” successfully uses the social housing’s mixed-income model.
Who is behind California
Social Housing?
Bill Authors
Social housing is how we realize housing as a human right.
— Assemblymember Alex Lee, CA 24
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