California leaders call for bold solutions to solve State housing crisis at Summit | PR Newswire [Video]

, /PRNewswire/ — Top housing industry experts from across the state and nation gathered last month for the Center for California Real Estate’s flagship event of the year, the CCRE Housing Summit: Charting California’s Future. The forum brought together academics, state and local officials, and private sector experts to examine California’s political and socioeconomic landscape, homeownership trends, and strategies to expand housing supply.

Featuring keynotes from Senate President pro Tempore Emeritus Toni G. Atkins and Nobel laureate Dr. Douglas W. Diamond, the forum sparked critical conversations on the state’s housing crisis, drawing hundreds of attendees across California. The event built upon a year of CCRE dialogue on many converging issues around housing — yielding important emerging insights and setting the stage for crucial conversations in 2025.

Key among those shared during the Housing Summit include:

1. California’s affordability crisis demands urgency to expand options for the “missing middle.”

The state’s affordability crisis is described as “the biggest threat to California’svitality,” according …