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She was formerly lead researcher at the UC Berkeley Labor Center and associate director of the UC Berkeley Institute for Research on Labor and Employment. She hasan extensive background in labor, workforce and economic development policy, public sector and low-wage workers, technology and government, and public finance. She was a school board member in Albany Unified School District from 2018- 2022 and has taught in the Department of City and Regional Planning at UC Berkeley. | Center for Cities + Schools (CC+S), founded in 2004, is a national leader in policy research on school facility issues. CC+S, housed in the College of Environmental Design at UC Berkeley, isan applied policy center with 15+ years experience helping local, state, and federal policy makers advance solutions that close the opportunity gap and create trajectories of opportunity for young people, no matter where they live. CC+S has a specific focus on school facility infrastructure policy and finance.\u003Cbr>[https://citiesandschools.berkeley.edu](https://citiesandschools.berkeley.edu)\u003Cbr>Suggested Citation: Hinkley, S. (2026) . Housing California Educators: Development Strategies and Guidance. Center for Cities + Schools. |\n| ABOUT THIS PROJECT\u003Cbr>Since 2020, the Center for Cities + Schools at UC Berkeley and cityLAB at UCLA have worked in partnership with the California School Boards Association (CSBA) to educate, train, and advise local educational agencies (LEAs) on the workforce housing development process. In 2022 our team released Education Workforce Housing in California: Developing the 21st Century Campus, the how-to handbook Education Workforce Housing: The Handbook, and began a series of academies to help LEAs interested in building education workforce housing (EWH) achieve their development goals. In April 2025, we released Housing California Educators: Insights from Nine Education Workforce Housing Developments.\u003Cbr>This report, Housing California Educators: Development Strategies and Guidance outlines key considerations for LEAs to consider throughout the development process. A companion report—Housing California Educators: Design Strategies and Guidance—outlines architecture and design considerations.\u003Cbr>ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS\u003Cbr>COMMUNITY AND RESEARCH PARTNERS\u003Cbr>This project would not have been possible without our community partner: the California School Boards Association (CSBA), which represents the elected officials who govern public school districts and county offices of education, nearly 1,000 educational agencies statewide.\u003Cbr>This report would not exist without Dr. Jeff Vincent, Director of Public Infrastructure at Center for Cities + Schools, and Emmanuel Proussaloglou and Dr. Dana Cuff of cityLAB-UCLA.\u003Cbr>FUNDING SUPPORT\u003Cbr>The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative has generously supported this work as part of their efforts to increase access for California’s workforce to high quality and affordable housing. |  |\n\nTABLE OF CONTENTS  \nRESEARCH TEAM i  \nTABLE OF CONTENTS ii  \nLIST OF FIGURES ii  \n1 INTRODUCTION 1  \n2 CONTEXT AND KEY CONSIDERATIONS IN EWH 3  \nHOW EWH IS UNIQUE 3  \nTHE EWH DEVELOPMENT PROCESS 4  \nKEY DECISIONS AND GUIDING QUESTIONS 5  \nHIRING CONSULTANTS 7  \n3 GUIDANCE FOR THE EWH DEVELOPMENT PROCESS 9  \nSTAGE 1: PRELIMINARY EXPLORATION 9  \nSTAGE 2: FEASIBILITY & DECISION-MAKING 12  \nSTAGE 3: DEVELOPMENT 16  \nSTAGE 4: CONSTRUCTION 18  \nSTAGE 5: LEASING UP 19  \nSTAGE 6: MANAGEMENT & OPERATIONS 21  \n4 FINANCING EWH 22  \nFINANCIAL CONTEXT 22  \nKEY FINANCING TOOLS 22  \n5 CONCLUSION: NEW MODELS OF EWH 26  \nLIST OF FIGURES  \nFIGURE 1: THE EDUCATION WORKFORCE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT PROCESS 4  \nFIGURE 2: WHERE LEAs BUILT HOUSING 14  \nFIGURE 3: HOW EWH DEVELOPMENTS ARE GOVERNE","cbCaikVN2H7xtNvf","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaikVN2H7xtNvf","pdf",1156604,"English","# Introduction\n# Context and Key Considerations in EWH\n## How EWH is Unique\n## The EWH Development Process\n## Key Decisions and Guiding Questions\n## Hiring Consultants\n# Guidance for the EWH Development Process\n## Stage 1: Preliminary Exploration\n## Stage 2: Feasibility & Decision-Making\n## Stage 3: Development\n## Stage 4: Construction\n## Stage 5: Leasing Up\n## Stage 6: Management & Operations\n# Financing EWH\n## Financial Context\n## Key Financing Tools\n# Conclusion: New Models of EWH","[{\"question\":\"What problem does the report address for California LEAs and educators?\",\"answer\":\"It addresses how high housing costs make it harder for teachers and K-12 staff to live near their workplaces, contributing to staffing challenges, turnover, and disruptions that affect educational outcomes and student wellbeing.\"},{\"question\":\"What development stages does the report guide LEAs through for EWH projects?\",\"answer\":\"It structures guidance around six stages: preliminary exploration, feasibility \\u0026 decision-making, development, construction, leasing up, and management \\u0026 operations.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the report treat financing in the EWH development process?\",\"answer\":\"It includes a dedicated section on financing EWH, covering financial context and key financing tools LEAs should consider.\"}]","Housing California Educators: Development Strategies and Guidance | PDF",1792046815,76]