For families struggling to find a home they can afford, an open affordable unit can mean stability after months or even years of waiting. Yet in parts of California’s affordable housing system, some units are sitting empty while the need stays high.
That gap affects more than housing statistics. It reaches the families still waiting and puts focus on a harder issue: what happens after affordable housing is built, but some of those homes remain open?
In this episode, Tia Boatman Patterson, President and CEO of the California Community Reinvestment Corporation, and Jim Righeimer, Chief Executive Officer at Arbor Capital Partners, examine what they are seeing in California’s affordable housing system and what may be happening between an open unit and the person waiting for a home.
