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Padilla Announces Legislation to Address Affordable Housing and Homelessness Crises

SACRAMENTO — U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) Feb. 25, announced comprehensive legislation to address the affordable housing and homelessness crises in California and across the country.

The Housing for All Act of 2022 would invest in proven solutions to address critical affordable housing shortages and provide a surge of funding for strategic, existing programs to reduce homelessness as well as for innovative, locally-developed solutions to help those experiencing homelessness. Representatives Ted Lieu and Salud Carbajal (both D-Calif.) will lead the introduction of companion legislation in the House of Representatives.

Padilla announced the legislation with local leaders and advocates at La Mancha Way Apartments, a Project Homekey site in Sacramento. The site operates in a partnership with the Sacramento Housing Redevelopment Agency to purchase hotels and motels that can be rehabilitated into permanent, long-term housing for people experiencing homelessness. The investments in the Housing For All Act would build on these creative solutions that cities and states in California have successfully developed.

The National Low-Incoming Housing Coalition estimates that the United States has a shortage of 6.8 million affordable homes available to low-income renters. In California, more than 1.4 million units are needed to address the affordable housing shortage, and more than 161,000 people experience homelessness in the state each night – including families with young children, veterans and victims of domestic violence. Prior to the pandemic, one in four renters spent half of their monthly income on rent, and nearly one million tenants were evicted each year.

Details: Find the Housing for All Act HERE.

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