(Video and text) More work needs to be done to fix the two mortgage giants at the heart of the U.S. housing-finance system, Mnuchin said Thursday at a Politico conference in Washington. By Joe Light...
SAN FRANCISCO – Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. signed into law today 15 bills to help increase the supply and affordability of housing in California. The measures provide funding for affordable housing, reduce regulations, boost construction and strengthen existing housing laws.
The housing bills signed by Gov. Jerry Brown will put a down payment on restoring the state’s commitment to taking on the affordable housing crisis, Habitat for Humanity California said today. More than 40 local Habitat organizations across California supported the passage of the bills, particularly SB 2, SB 3 and SB 35, which will create new sources of revenue and streamline approval processes for affordable housing across the state. “We applaud Gov. Brown and leaders in the legislature for taking on this affordable housing challenge with this meaningful first...
The latest report shows that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac completed 48,760 foreclosure prevention actions in the second quarter of 2017, bringing the total number of troubled homeowners helped to 3,931,224 since 2008.
(Video) Sixty-one percent of the Stockton residents are spending more than 30 percent of their income on housing. The city is working to boost construction. By Drew Bollea...
“If we make it easier for developers to build housing, the market will be able to better keep pace with demand, and therefore we may be able to slow the rate of increase,” said Ken Rosen of UC Berkeley. By Angela Hart...
California appears unlikely to be able to build enough homes in the coming years to put a meaningful dent in skyrocketing housing prices triggered by a shortage of affordable dwellings, according to economists who prepared a new UCLA Anderson Forecast. By George Avalos...
A new Public Policy Institute of California survey paints a detailed portrait of the anti-growth mindset that has been widely blamed for the short supply of homes underlying the problem. By Katy Murphy...
People who purchased a mobile home or manufactured home but didn’t receive the necessary title to the property now have a chance to properly register their homes with the new Fee and Tax Waiver Program administered by the California Department of Housing and Community Development...
