High Desert Housing Watch

A multi-agency sweep on Sept. 1 along the 15 Freeway in Victorville and Hesperia contacted 92 people and delivered a dual approach to homelessness.

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California maintains regularly updated lists of open affordable housing that factor in all preferences and application methods.

• Section 8 vouchers,...

• First unit delivered: A 500-square-foot modular home arrived from Perris as the start of a 14-unit low-income complex replacing a courtyard...

The Trump administration rescinded an Obama-era HUD rule, citing over $112 million spent on retrofits for FHA refinancing and more than $1 billion in...

Jami Johnson, who uses a wheelchair and ceiling lift in her adapted Rosewood Estates unit, now faces potential eviction after the owner invoked a...

Remote RV settlements north of Pearblossom Highway generate massive illegal dumping — tires, diapers, burned cars, and plastic-covered Joshua trees —...

The Apple Valley Town Council approved an exclusive negotiating agreement to explore converting 4.6 acres of vacant, town-owned land at Dale Evans...

California FAIR Plan's average 30% rate increase starting in October will pile new costs onto homeowners in fire-prone areas, pushing some policies up...

ED1 incentives are accelerating LA's affordable pipeline as HVN Development files an 81-unit, 100% affordable project at 5922 N Lemp Ave on a...

A federal judge halted HUD's plan to redirect $46 million of $56 million in fair-housing funds from over 100 nonprofits to just five grants, ruling...

Unhoused Californians are 38% more likely to visit ERs during extreme heat and account for nearly 1 in 10 heat-related visits despite comprising under...

Gov. Newsom's push to fast-track development by waiving environmental rules and bypassing local growth limits ran into a hard stop when the Solano...

• Public opposition often stems from seeing policies as insufficiently affordable—enriching for-profit developers over low-income residents.
• Support...

Nearly 300,000 California K-12 students experienced homelessness in 2024-25, a record high and 10% jump from the prior peak, with San Bernardino...

Sagetree Village residents, many elderly or disabled, have gone days without water during a 100+ degree heatwave, relying on swamp coolers while...

Frank Harold Wright, a 61-year-old unhoused man frequently seen near Victorville's Costco, was found murdered at an old bus shelter on Valley Center...

OpenTheBooks data shows home prices outpaced median incomes in all 50 states from 2015-2024, with a 43-point national affordability gap despite $460...

The Prohousing Designation Program rewards jurisdictions with policies that speed housing production and cut costs, distributing $11.3 million in the...

Factory-built homes are pitched as a lower-cost suburban option averaging $90,700, yet zoning bans and mortgage barriers persist even as new federal and state laws seek to expand access.

Lancaster posted the region's steepest one-bedroom rent decline, falling 12% to $1,560, while San Bernardino two-bedroom rents rose 8% to $2,000. This...