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Home – CalHDFHome – CalHDF About CalHDF Mission and Staff News Lawsuits HAA & SB35 Lawsuits Housing Element Lawsuits Submit a Case Resources State Law Toolbox ADU Basics A Guide to Ending Single Family Zoning Donate Select Page CALIFORNIA HOUSING DEFENSE FUND FORMERLY CaRLA   Making lasting impacts to improve the affordability and accessibility of housing to current and future Californians, especially low- and moderate-income people and communities of color. LawsuitsDonate AB 2011 Explainer A little fuzzy on all the details of turning commercial lots into housing? We were, too, so we made an explainer! Read More HAA Explainer The HAA is one of the oldest and most important pro-housing laws in California. It ties closely to our work at CalHDF. Check out our explainer to learn more! Read More Victory for the Builder’s Remedy in La Cañada Flintridge Mar 6, 2024 Marketing & Communications Intern Mar 5, 2024 CalHDF Year in Brief Dec 28, 2023 CalHDF Submits Applications for Novato Affordable Housing Developments Aug 15, 2023 Horses and Vineyards and Beaches, Oh My! Mar 2, 2023 CalHDF and Pro-Housing Legal Allies File Housing Element Lawsuits against Cities and Counties across Bay Area Feb 7, 2023 CaRLA is Now CalHDF Dec 16, 2022 Another Year in the Books – 2022 Holiday Soiree Dec 12, 2022 CaRLA is Suing Santa Clara County over NIMBY Zoning Sep 23, 2022 The Gates that Parks Create: Fremont’s Parks Impact Fees Aug 19, 2022 Current Lawsuits Cupertino (w/ YIMBY Law) Martinez Palo Alto (w/ YIMBY Law) Pleasant Hill Santa Clara County Recent Victories Rancho Palos Verdes Huntington Beach San Mateo Stay up to Date Join our mailing list for big announcements and semi-yearly updates. Success! First Name Last Name Email Subscribe Help Fund our Work Like what we do? So do we. We’d like to do more of it. Help us do more enforcement and file more lawsuits by donating now. Your donation will go to help fund our Housing Defense Fund to help our suit against Santa Clara going and help us graduate our Legal Fellow into a full-fledged permanent Staff Attorney. Donate Tweets by @housingdefense CalHDF COMPLETES the Housing Circle Advocacy > Legislation > Enforcement We carry a big stick, and we aren’t afraid to use it. Our work in 2022 (Jan 1 to Dec 31) Homes Defended Affordable Homes Defended Threat Letters Sent Resolved Requests for Help Northern California Resolved Requests Southern California Resolved Requests “Our housing crisis is an existential threat to our state’s future, and we can’t shy from the hard fights it’ll take to create more affordable homes for Californians — including pursuing legal challenges to make sure the housing laws we pass in Sacramento translate to real, new units in local communities across our state.” – Governor Gavin Newsom on CaRLA vs San Mateo “Our fight for affordable housing is inextricably tied to our fights for racial, economic, environmental, and social justice. This appellate decision upholding the constitutionality of the Housing Accountability Act is a major victory for all Californians.” – Attorney General Rob Bonta on CaRLA vs San Mateo Contact hi@calhdf.org 360 Grand Ave, #323Oakland, CA 94610 Submit a Case Get Updates from CalHDF Leave this field empty if you're human: X RSSenusen-US1727899314https://carlaef.org

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