California Housing Defense Fund

California Housing Defense Fund Making lasting impacts to improve the affordability and accessibility of housing

Housing accountability is essential to meeting the state’s housing goals and combating our housing affordability and hom...
12/02/2025

Housing accountability is essential to meeting the state’s housing goals and combating our housing affordability and homelessness crisis. By supporting CalHDF, donors help expand monitoring, deepen legal enforcement, and strengthen public reporting on compliance.

Support CalHDF this Giving Tuesday: https://calhdf.org/donate/

Every contribution fuels the technical, detail-driven work required to keep California’s housing laws strong and to hold jurisdictions accountable statewide.

2025 has been a year of impact, growth, and housing victories across California — and now it’s time to celebrate!Join th...
10/15/2025

2025 has been a year of impact, growth, and housing victories across California — and now it’s time to celebrate!

Join the California Housing Defense Fund (CalHDF) on Thursday, November 20, 2025, at the University Club of San Francisco for our Annual Holiday Soirée — an evening dedicated to honoring our partners, supporters, and the ongoing fight to make housing a human right.

From landmark legal wins to statewide policy advances, our team has worked tirelessly to defend and expand access to affordable housing for communities across California. This event is both a celebration of those achievements and a look ahead to what’s next.

✨ Event Highlights:
• Special guest speakers and honorees
• Elegant hors d’oeuvres and cocktails
• Networking with housing and policy leaders

We invite our friends, colleagues, and supporters to sponsor, attend, and celebrate the movement for fair housing together.

📅 Thursday, November 20, 2025
📍 University Club of San Francisco
🕔 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM

🎟️ Tickets and sponsorships are available now at https://bit.ly/25CalHDFSoiree!
💫 Take advantage of our Early Bird and Two-for-One specials while they last!

CalHDF is fighting two critical housing cases in the California Court of Appeal that could shape housing policy statewid...
10/02/2025

CalHDF is fighting two critical housing cases in the California Court of Appeal that could shape housing policy statewide. In Benicia, we are defending the city’s approval of two projects streamlined under SB 35 against a CEQA lawsuit, aiming to set a precedent that shields ministerial approvals from costly delays. In Santa Clara County, we are challenging a neighborhood downzoning that violated SB 330’s ban on reducing development intensity. Success in these appeals would protect affordable housing from litigation risks and ensure local governments can’t block new homes through exclusionary zoning.

Read more details on our blog: https://calhdf.org/calhdf-defends-housing-in-the-court-of-appeal/

In the first half of 2025, CalHDF influenced over 20,000 new homes throughout California! Read our midyear enforcement r...
07/29/2025

In the first half of 2025, CalHDF influenced over 20,000 new homes throughout California! Read our midyear enforcement report to learn more about how we advocate for housing growth throughout the state. Link below and in our bio!

https://calhdf.org/calhdf-midyear-enforcement-report/

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