California Housing Partnership releases 2023 affordable housing needs reports for Sacramento region

• 55,711 low-income renter households in Sacramento County do not have access to an affordable home.

• In 2022 in Yolo County, there were only 692 beds available in the interim and permanent housing supply for persons experiencing homelessness.

• Renters in Placer County need to earn $36.92 per hour--2.4 times the state minimum wage--to afford the average monthly asking rent of $1,920.

• 70% of extremely low-income households in El Dorado County are paying more than half of their income on housing costs compared to 3% of moderate-income households.

In response to CHP's reports, SHA has compiled a list of 2023 policy recommendations for the region's distressing affordable housing crisis. Here are our suggestions for Sacramento, Yolo, El Dorado and Placer counties.

Farewell and thank you to SHA board member Paul Ainger!

At SHA’s May board meeting, we congratulated longtime board member Paul Ainger for his well deserved retirement and thanked him for his dedication to housing justice. Sacramento's housing justice community is incredibly grateful for Paul’s decades of excellent service to SHA and his commitment to the SHA’s goal of ensuring everyone in the region has a safe, accessible snf affordable place to call home. 

Join us in thanking Paul for his service and wishing him a happy retirement.

SHRA offers lead hazard reduction assistance

SHRA is offering assistance to home owners of vacant, owner-occupied and rental-occupied units to reduce hazards resulting from lead-based paints in the home.

This program funds up to $10,000 per housing unit to homes in Sacramento County. Recipients must meet some qualifications, like an income threshold or the home being occupied by a pregnant woman or child under six-years-old.

Applicants are asked to complete a pre-application. For more information, click here.

Jobs in affordable housing!

Here's the latest in job opportunities in the Sacramento region:

Sacramento Community Land Trust -- Executive Director

The Sacramento Community Land Trust is seeking a strategic and visionary executive

leader, skilled organizational manager and experienced community builder, fundraiser,

and advocate who can successfully advance our mission of providing and protecting

permanently affordable housing to historically discriminated community members. [Click here to view full listing]

The City of Fairfield -- Homeless Services Manager

The city of Fairfield, CA seeking qualified candidates for the position of Homeless Services Manager. In this essential leadership role within the City Manager's Office, the Homeless Services Manager will work with multiple departments in connecting the city's most vulnerable population with much needed services and housing options. [Click here to view full listing]

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