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California, epicenter of the nation’s housing crisis, is finally getting a housing agency
CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES, JUL 11 – California consolidates multiple housing and homelessness departments into a single agency to improve coordination amid rising homelessness and a 24% increase in unhoused residents, officials said.
- California is creating a new state agency dedicated to housing issues after years of rising rents and a homelessness crisis.
- Supporters believe this move is necessary and will significantly elevate housing to the highest level of government agenda.
- A cabinet-level secretary will oversee this new agency and collaborate with other cabinet secretaries.
- The Little Hoover Commission states that some major funding sources managed by the treasurer's office will not change.
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