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Last week, results of research from the USC Sol Price School of Public Policy showed that a Covid-era rental assistance program administered by the nonprofit served as a crucial stopgap for 35,000 Riverside County households, representing about 120,000 residents.
A new report released today by the USC Sol Price School of Public Policy highlights Riverside County’s $300 million United Lift COVID Rental Assistance Program (United Lift) as a crucial “stopgap” for 35,000 households, representing 120,000 residents, who “benefited greatly” from “lower rates of housing instability and homelessness,” and improved food security and mental health.
United Lift distributed more than $300 million countywide to over 35,000 households, representing 120,000 residents. These critical direct payments helped lower rates of housing instability and homelessness, and improved food security and mental health for participating residents.
Ian Gabriel, director of Data, Policy, and Planning at Lift to Rise, a non-profit focused on housing and affordability in the Coachella Valley, says he doesn’t oppose local golf courses being used for conservation instead of affordable housing production, but stressed the need for local cities to “get creative about what land can be used…
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Dozens of projects are either under construction or in the works throughout the Coachella Valley, with city councils, planning commissions, and key stakeholders pitching in to push nearly 4,500 units of affordable housing forward.
“We know that we’re in a housing crisis… what this funding will do is help to catalyze and spur the production of affordable housing, so that there’s more housing that our families can afford.” President and CEO of Lift to Rise, Heather Vaikona states.
The county, Lift to Rise and its partners met with President Biden’s Senior Economic Advisor, Gene Sperling. They highlighted their partnership, and Lift to Rise’s collaborative model that’s expanding affordable housing for the region.
A 241-unit apartment complex for low-income renters will soon be coming to the north side of Palm Desert near Interstate 10.
Rent prices across the Coachella Valley have ballooned in recent years, driven by a shortage of supply amid a white-hot housing market. Rents in a majority of Coachella Valley cities have grown between roughly 45% and 55% over the last three years, according to Zillow data provided to The Desert Sun.