About 5.69 million Californian households — that’s 42.4% — spent at least 30% of their total income on rent or mortgage payments and utilities in 2024, according to USAFacts.
These households would be considered cost-burdened by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, meaning they may have less money for other necessities such as food, healthcare, or savings.
Here’s what candidates offered when asked about their approach to the problem:
- Republican candidate Steve Hilton, the California gubernatorial candidate endorsed by Donald Trump, offered his plans to build single family homes and starter homes in the Golden State.
- Democratic candidate Matt Mahan, the mayor of San Jose, California, offered his record of removing barriers to building homes and “reducing the unsheltered population by one-third.”
- Former LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa pointed to having built more “affordable, workforce and homeless housing in eight years, in the middle of a recession” than his predecessors did in the 12 years before him. He used the rest of his time to discuss the indictment of former HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra’s aide.
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