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Homelessness in California: Newsom needs Trump to bail him out
To put things in perspective let’s begin with some startling numbers for our entire country. According to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), in January of 2024 there were 771,480 people that experienced homelessness in a single winter night in this country when the count was taken. That’s up from 653,104 (18%) from…
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Is ‘Affordable Housing’ possible in California?
It’s a buzzword for politicians and developers: Affordability. According to the California Housing Consortium, housing is affordable if it costs no more than 30% of your monthly income. And most affordable housing developments are designed for people with household incomes of 60% or less than the area median income. But is that realistic? Consider a family with…