Director of Financing
California Housing Finance Agency
California’s housing crunch remains one of the state’s most pressing economic and public policy challenges. With the passage of the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act incentivizing more housing, public finance leaders are exploring innovative ways to expand housing production.
This session will examine how growing demand for affordable, workforce, and middle-income housing is being met, while navigating rising construction costs, regulatory hurdles, and evolving market conditions. Panelists will also discuss financing strategies for military housing and the critical role housing plays in supporting economic growth, workforce retention, and community development throughout California.
The challenge of building new housing and making it affordable is omnipresent in California. With the new threshold test for bond-financed housing credit properties lowered to 25%, allowing additional buildings financed with tax-exempt bonds to qualify for housing credits, how are issuers preparing for new housing opportunities?