Santa Cruz County
Affordable Housing Month

May is Affordable Housing Month!

During the entire month of May, HSCC brings together our County’s housing partners to host a variety of virtual and in-person events, workshops, webinars, and creative community engagement opportunities to activate and engage our community of housing advocates and the general public around our community’s housing challenges and solutions.

Sponsor Affordable Housing Month: It is not too late to sponsor Affordable Housing Month! Supporting AHM with a financial contribution allows you to reach new audiences through your partnership with HSCC, tapping into our engaged affordable housing supporter base, and visibly establishing your organization as a dedicated champion for Affordable Housing in Santa Cruz County. If you’re interested, download our sponsorship form here or email director@housingsantacruzcounty.com. See below for our full list of 2024 sponsors!

AHM 2024 Events Calendar:

Affordable Housing Straight Talk: Local Leadership Tells Us How It’s Delivering on Needs
May
25

Affordable Housing Straight Talk: Local Leadership Tells Us How It’s Delivering on Needs

Join Housing Santa Cruz County and Lookout Santa Cruz for a “first person” report from each of the local government jurisdictions in Santa Cruz County featuring 4 City Mayors and the Chairman of the County Board of Supervisors along with profession housing staff members. Learn how each community is grappling with affordable housing—and how you can be involved in each jurisdiction’s planning for affordable housing.

Click here to register for this virtual event!

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City of SC Groundbreakings
May
19

City of SC Groundbreakings

Downtown Santa Cruz “Two for One” groundbreaking.  

Join city officials, local affordable housing builders and the downtown community for the celebration of the start of construction of 150 affordable apartments for lower income residents in two separate projects: Pacific Station South and 525 Cedar Street. Please join us for very short appreciations at one site, and a two block walk to the other site for refreshments and celebration.

RSVP is required. Please email housing@cityofsantacruz.com to RSVP.

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The Plan For More Affordable Housing: Influencing the Housing Element Process
May
18

The Plan For More Affordable Housing: Influencing the Housing Element Process

Right now, the four cities and county of Santa Cruz are working on the most important affordable housing policy that our local governments will produce in a generation: the 6th Cycle Housing Element. How can we influence the process so Housing Elements address the injustices of housing policies and decisions, result in affordable housing in high-resource neighborhoods, avoid displacement in lower-income neighborhoods, increase overall supply and provide the variety of needed housing types for all income levels?

Registration for this Webinar Today: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ukne5VD4R8uFk7tybq15wg

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Housing Element 101: An Affordable Housing Event for Scotts Valley and San Lorenzo Valley Communities
May
14

Housing Element 101: An Affordable Housing Event for Scotts Valley and San Lorenzo Valley Communities

The event will include information about the upcoming Housing Element (HE) cycle and what the new RHNA numbers will mean for our communities. Representatives from Santa Cruz County Planning and the City of Scotts Valley will discuss local efforts to address the affordable housing crisis and possible solutions to increase the affordable housing supply will be discussed. Attendees will learn what they can do to get involved to help meet future affordable housing HE goals.

Register today for this virtual event: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_e8yU_h5rRquFPKovrQxcHg

Sponsored by Affordable Housing Now & the Monterey Bay Economic Partnership (MBEP)

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We Belong-Pertenecemos: Immigrant Justice Research, Resource Fair and Film Screening
May
13

We Belong-Pertenecemos: Immigrant Justice Research, Resource Fair and Film Screening

We Belong-Pertenecemos, a collaboration for community engaged research and immigrant justice, is excited to announce a community event that is meant to showcase a combination of research and highlight community partners’ work. The event is designed to help share research findings with partners and the broader community and will feature representatives from approximately 20 community organizations that provide services to community members of Watsonville on social issues such as housing, jobs, public spaces, health and Youth as well as bring community resources.

This event is free to the public.

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“Housing for a Healthy Watsonville”
May
12

“Housing for a Healthy Watsonville”

Hosted by Housing Santa Cruz County (HSCC), Please join us for “Housing for a Healthy Watsonville” forum, featuring Councilmember Francisco Estrada, County Administrative Officer Carlos Palacios, County Health Services Director Monica Morales, Watsonville Community Development Director Suzi Merriam and other special guests.

This event will take a look at needs, challenges and opportunities to create affordable homes for the residents of the Watsonville area. Free of charge, all are welcome to participate, but pre-registration is requested as capacity is limited. Please register using this form.

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We can’t make this happen without our generous Affordable Housing Month Sponsors. If you have any interest in sponsoring Affordable Housing Month 2024 please download our 2024 Sponsorship Form, or please consider supporting our work with an online donation.

“Having an affordable place to call home is essential. It’s essential to our well-being, our ability to grow, and our dignity. It enables our neighbors and cherished communities to raise their children, protect the health of their families, remain a resident in the place they call home, and thrive in all areas of life.”

For more information about regional events: https://www.affordablehousingmonth.org/

*Disclaimer: Inclusion in Housing Santa Cruz County’s Affordable Housing Month Calendar does not necessarily imply endorsement of host organization or event content.