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Housing Community Forum: A Public Policy Perspective . Sharon Rapport, CSH, Associate Director, California Policy. Rents Increasing, Incomes Decreasing in California. Incomes Decreased 8% from 2000-2012 Rental Costs Increased 20% from 2000-12. ONE MILLION
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Housing Community Forum: A Public Policy Perspective Sharon Rapport, CSH, Associate Director, California Policy
Rents Increasing, Incomes Decreasing in California Incomes Decreased 8% from 2000-2012 Rental Costs Increased 20% from 2000-12 ONE MILLION Low-income households in California do not have access to an affordable home.
Housing Affordable to People in Poverty in Orange County • 70,125 = shortfall of rental housing units affordable and available to people with extremely low incomes • 18 = affordable and available places to live for every 100 renters with extremely low incomes
Homelessness in Orange County *Change in Methodology Resulted in Lower Homeless Count
Key Recommendations • Decide on specific, thoughtful, feasible, ambitious goals as a community End family, veteran or chronic homelessness by 2020
Key Recommendations • Arrive at a plan on how to achieve the goals, and get community buy-in to take responsibility
Key Recommendations • Take advantage of opportunities, think outside the box
Don’t Get Discouraged • Be persistent, find new ways to achieve goals; policy is slow, and begins by changing mindsets
Questions?? Type Your Question in Q&A Box • Sharon Rapport, Associate Director, California Policy • Sharon.Rapport@csh.org • (213) 623-4342, x 18 • (323) 243-7424 (cell)