Groundbreaking California Law Will Create Innovative Pathways for Social Housing

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Gavin Newsom has signed a first-of-its-kind statewide plan to develop affordable housing for people affected by climate change, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.

The Stable Affordable Housing Act of 2023, which requires the state's Department of Housing and Community Development to come up with a strategy by 2027, was developed and led by Housing Now!, a statewide coalition that includes the Natural Resources Defense Council.

"California must address these inequities by developing strategies that will provide opportunities for vulnerable climate-challenged populations to access affordable, healthy, safe, and sustainable housing," says Rae Huang, a co-sponsor of Senate Bill 555 and a senior organizer at Housing Now! "Climate change exacerbates existing inequities."

According to the Chronicle, one in five Black Americans living in a renter household is threatened with eviction annually, while one in 10 is evicted.

In addition, climate change exacerbates communities of color that are already disadvantaged by generations of racist and classist housing policies, displacement, and policing.

"Redlining is a historic exclusionary, race-based tactic perpetuated by the real estate industryand supported by the governmentto bar Black families from the real estate market through racial covenants, lowering the value of land owned by Black families, and directing Black families to

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