{"id":62012,"date":"2024-01-08T15:21:15","date_gmt":"2024-01-08T23:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=62012"},"modified":"2024-01-08T15:21:15","modified_gmt":"2024-01-08T23:21:15","slug":"excess-state-land-program-fast-tracks-the-creation-of-5550-homes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=62012","title":{"rendered":"Excess State Land Program Fast-Tracks the Creation of 5,550 Homes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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SACRAMENTO<\/strong> \u2014 Today, Governor Newsom announced the funding of 975 affordable homes across 10 statewide projects as part of the\u00a0Excess Land for Affordable Housing<\/a>\u00a0program. By identifying and utilizing excess state properties, California is on track to deliver approximately 5,550 housing units on excess state land, which will help an estimated 13,600 individuals.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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\n\u201cFrom day one of my Administration, we have taken unprecedented action to tackle the housing crisis, one of the most pressing challenges facing our state. We\u2019re using every available tool, including the conversion of excess state property into affordable housing to build more, faster. Cities and counties should follow the state\u2019s lead and review their own inventory of excess land to catalyze the construction of more affordable housing throughout the state.\u201d<\/div>\n
\nGovernor Gavin Newsom<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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In this funding round, the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) is allocating over $63 million from the Excess Sites Local Government Matching Grants (LGMG) program for the development of new affordable housing. These investments will, in turn, match more than $80 million in collaborative funding committed by cities, counties, and public housing authorities where the new projects are located.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Excess Sites program allows for a unique collaboration with our local government partners, to build affordable housing on underutilized sites and optimize limited fiscal resources through matching grants,\u201d\u00a0said HCD Director Gustavo Velasquez<\/strong>. \u201cThese sites largely have easy access to transit and proximity to critical amenities, providing Californians with housing stability and connecting them to opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n

In 2019, Governor Gavin Newsom issued an\u00a0executive order<\/a>\u00a0calling on HCD and the Department of General Services to address the state\u2019s affordable housing crisis by identifying underutilized state-owned sites for the\u00a0development of affordable housing, taking into account\u00a0factors such\u00a0as proximity to job centers, amenities, and public transit. Excess sites projects, by virtue of being on state land, are subject to a simpler and more streamlined approval process than projects on locally controlled land.\u00a0This expedites the approval process and avoids the exhaustive maneuvers used by some groups and local officials to prevent projects from moving forward.<\/p>\n

To support and accelerate implementation of the Governor\u2019s excess sites order, HCD established LGMG to provide grant-based funding to match certain local government funding for selected developers to support predevelopment and development of affordable housing on excess state sites.<\/p>\n

This collaboration between the state and local governments helps to expedite the delivery of affordable housing across the state to meet the goal of developing 2.5 million new homes by 2030, with one million homes being affordable for lower income levels.<\/p>\n

Click\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0to review a list of all awardees.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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