{"id":7,"date":"2026-09-25T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/cindybosshard-com\/2026\/09\/25\/californias-housing-progress-understanding-paths-to-growth\/"},"modified":"2026-09-25T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T11:00:00","slug":"californias-housing-progress-understanding-paths-to-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cindybosshard.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/25\/californias-housing-progress-understanding-paths-to-growth\/","title":{"rendered":"California\u2019s Housing Progress: Understanding Paths to Growth"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>As someone who\u2019s spent over a decade working with buyers, sellers, and developers in Whittier and Helendale, I see firsthand how California\u2019s housing goals often fall short of what\u2019s needed. Right now, less than 30% of cities and counties are reaching their market-rate housing targets, and only 6% are meeting the very-low-income goals. Annual construction sits at about 100,000 homes\u2014nowhere near the 312,000 that\u2019s needed. These numbers highlight the ongoing challenges in our local markets, from affordable options to new developments. Whether you\u2019re considering your next move, evaluating investment opportunities, or just want to understand how these issues impact your community, staying informed is key.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/hsjchronicle.com\/california-housing-falls-short-of-state-targets-almost-everywhere-heres-why\/\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As someone who\u2019s spent over a decade working with buyers, sellers, and developers in Whittier and Helendale, I see firsthand how California\u2019s housing goals often fall short of what\u2019s needed. Right now, less than 30% of cities and counties are reaching their market-rate housing targets, and only 6% are meeting the very-low-income goals. Annual construction [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":532,"featured_media":8,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cindybosshard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cindybosshard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cindybosshard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cindybosshard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/532"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cindybosshard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cindybosshard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cindybosshard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cindybosshard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cindybosshard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cindybosshard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}