California is pushing for more publicly subsidized housing, or what state leaders and lawmakers call “social housing,” with a new law approved by Gov. Gavin Newsom Oct. 7 that will direct the state’s housing department to study and devise a plan to scale up such housing stock statewide.
Senate Bill 555, authored by Sen. Aisha Wahab (D-Fremont), directs California’s Department of Housing and Community Development to begin a study by the end of 2026, analyzing ways to streamline affordable housing for middle- and lower-income families in California.
