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California has 40,000 affordable housing units ready to break ground. One setback is holding them up
Nearly 40,000 affordable homes statewide are stalled due to fragmented funding and lack of final subsidies, delaying construction by months and increasing costs by over $20,000 per unit.
- This year, Enterprise Community Partners reported 39,880 affordable units across 461 shovel-ready developments in California stalled for lack of public funding, with many waiting over a year after applying in February.
- After years of permitting reform, developers now clear local approvals but face financing bottlenecks from relying on two to six public funding sources with separate timelines.
- The Terner Center for Housing Innovation at UC Berkeley reports that each additional funding source delays projects by four months and adds $20,460 per unit, with 1,198 units waiting on final funding, including the Modesto project on East Morris Avenue.
- California Housing and Community Development says at least $1.8 billion should be available this year while lawmakers consider a $10 billion affordable housing bond for 2026.
- The Newsom administration proposes funding, which could benefit 432 households, and plans a California Housing and Homelessness Agency to speed project delivery.
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California has 40,000 affordable housing units ready to break ground. One setback is holding them up
The apartment building planned on East Morris Avenue in Modesto is exactly the kind of thing that California’s political leaders want to see a whole lot more of: The project promises 44 units of affordable housing — half reserved for people without homes.
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