Housing Santa Cruz County

HSCC Executive Director Elaine Johnson was quoted this week in a San Francisco Chronicle article that reported how it can take two decades for a middle-income family to save up for the down payment on a home in Santa Cruz County. “We just don’t have enough homes,” Johnson said. “I truly believe if we were able to build more, then it wouldn’t be a struggle for people to find a place to live that’s within their needs.” #affordablehousing #housingsantacruzcounty #affordablehousingmonth #housingforastrongerfuture

HSCC Executive Director Elaine Johnson was quoted this week in a San Francisco Chronicle article that reported how it can take two decades for a middle-income family to save up for the down payment on a home in Santa Cruz County. “We just don’t have enough homes,” Johnson said. “I truly believe if we were able to build more, then it wouldn’t be a struggle for people to find a place to live that’s within their needs.” #affordablehousing #housingsantacruzcounty #affordablehousingmonth #housingforastrongerfuture

Housing Santa Cruz County, in collaboration with a broad coalition of local housing, education, labor, and business leaders, successfully launched the signature-gathering campaign for The Workforce Housing Solutions Act last Thursday! This initiative has been two years in the making, and now, we’re ready to take the next step: gathering signatures to secure its place on the ballot. This is a critical moment. We must work together to create real solutions for affordable, safe, and stable housing for our workforce and community. Let’s build a future where housing is accessible to everyone who calls this place home. Stay tuned, get involved, and let’s make it happen! ???? #AffordableHousing #CityofSantaCruz #HousingSolutions #CommunityDriven #WorkforceHousing

Housing Santa Cruz County will observe the holidays and close from December 25th through January 3rd. We wish everyone a happy holiday season. Thank you for your continued support, and we look forward to an exciting new year together!

These Fact Sheets provide an overview of The City of Santa Cruz Workforce Housing Affordability and Homelessness Reduction/Prevention Act of 2025. Housing Santa Cruz County supports this dual parcel tax/real estate transfer tax intended to help create affordable housing within the city. View them here as well: https://lnkd.in/gsQrtf6C

Join a City of Watsonville working group to support the city's Task Force on Homelessness. The deadline to apply to be a working-group member is Dec. 4 at 5 p.m.?Homelessness in Watsonville increased by 60% from 2023-2024, according to the 2024 Homelessness Point-in-Time Count Report. The?Working?Groups will discuss and develop strategies in?the?areas of housing, homeless prevention, policy, resources?&?services, and enforcement?&?management,?according to a press release. Access the Working Group application here:?https://lnkd.in/geGYHdkh Photo by Diva Plavalaguna.

HSCC’s executive director, Elaine Johnson, is among the local leaders behind a dual parcel tax/real estate transfer tax to support the creation of affordable housing within the City of Santa Cruz. This article published today by Lookout Santa Cruz provides an overview of the proposed tax: “They expect the dual tax structure to initially bring in at least $5 million per year to the city’s affordable housing trust fund: $1.7 million from a flat $99 annual parcel tax applied to each property owner, regardless of their lot’s value; the rest coming from a progressive real estate transfer tax that would kick in only for sales worth more than $1.8 million ... Both taxes would expire after 20 years.” https://lnkd.in/g9YHRaNE

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