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Sacramento housing expert Cathy Creswell pinpoints regulation, land-use reform and incentives needed to address the area’s affordability crisis
Cathy Creswell says that having a safe, affordable home is more than about housing — it’s about people’s health, economic stability and children’s
Outgoing Sacramento Housing Alliance Executive Director Kendra Lewis on how affordable housing is now receiving the attention it deserves
Kendra Lewis is at a crossroads. Lewis, who became executive director of the Sacramento Housing Alliance in early 2020, announced recently that
Danielle Foster named new executive director for CADA
Sacramento's housing policy manager will move over early next year to the executive director role at the Capitol Area Development Authority. The
SHA Updates
State of California committed to ensure compliance with state housing laws!
While California has long had some of the nation’s most progressive and far reaching laws to address our ongoing affordable housing
REPORT: SHA’s 2022 highlights
As Sacramento slowly emerged from the pandemic, SHA worked overtime in 2022 to make sure people in the Sacramento region maintained
City of Sacramento on the Cusp of Creating $100 Million Fund for Affordable Housing
In 2017, Sacramento Housing Alliance engaged the research firm Bay Area Economics to lay out public financing options to raise local revenue
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Politifact: “Dispelling Myths About California’s Homeless”
Politifact, June 28, 2018 "Dispelling Myths About California's Homeless" Sarah Backus lives in a tent on the streets of Sacramento. The 56-year-old mother of three said she hears these myths
Comstock: “Sacramento Needs Rent Control”
Comstock, June 11, 2018 "Sacramento Needs Rent Control" by SHA Board President Cathy Creswell Between 2016 and 2017, Sacramento suffered a staggering average 9.9 percent rent increase — the largest
CapRadio: “Prop 1 Will Leverage More Than Double $4 Billion”
CapRadio, October 30, 2018 "While California's Proposition 1 is called the Veterans and Affordable Housing Bond Act of 2018, only a quarter of the money goes to housing programs for
SHA Updates
SHA Update: Board Member Profile, Tyrone Buckley
Name: Tyrone Buckley Organization: Housing CA Title: Policy Director Board member since: 2013 What does partnership with SHA mean for your organization? SHA is one of the regional affordable housing
Our Thoughts on the First City Council Workshop on the Housing Crisis
The Sacramento Mayor and City Council are responding to the local housing affordability crisis by holding workshops to educate themselves and get input from the community. The first workshop was
Rent control: The Answers to Your Questions
Why do renters deserve rent control? How can rent control be fair to property owners? There has been a lot of misinformation put out about rent control. Some say it
