The Daily Journal/Associated Press/Alison Noon,4/26/16. "State lawmakers want $1.3B for housing: Funds would help organizations build multi-family housing; help local governments assist home buyers."
| Okay, this is affordable, but help me find my house! |
| Plenty of federal open space in Pacifica. |
.... In January, Senate Democrats, joined by some Republicans, proposed a $2 billion bond measure to build permanent housing to help the nation’s largest homeless population. Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown was noncommittal on supporting either plan before budget negotiations get under way next month. ...
.... Most of the funds in the Assembly plan would be distributed through competitive grants to help private organizations build multi-family housing and allow local governments to assist home buyers with down-payments or mortgages. A portion would provide emergency shelters for transient people and rentals for farm workers.
.... Assemblyman Marc Steinorth, R-Rancho Cucamonga, objected to using
state funds to create 'a new generation of renters.' Steinorth, vice
chairman of the Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee,
said he would prefer to see the Legislature remove fees and other
hurdles to homeownership. 'We need to build our way out of this problem, not throw money at the problem,' Steinorth said." Read more.
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