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Manager, Center for Cities + Schools at UC Berkeley  \nSara Hinkley leads the Center’s work on education workforce housing and California policies on school facilities. 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 has an 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.  \nCenter 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, is an applied policy center with 15+ years experience helping local, state, and federal policymakers 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.  \n[https://citiesandschools.berkeley.edu](https://citiesandschools.berkeley.edu)  \nABOUT THIS PROJECT  \nSince 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 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 and began a series of academies to help LEAs interested in building education workforce housing (EWH) achieve their development goals. In 2025 we released Housing California Educators: Insights from Nine Education Workforce Housing Developments.  \nSuggested Citation: Hinkley, S. (2025) . How California’s County Offices of Education Can Advance Workforce Housing for Educators. Center for Cities + Schools.  \nThe report can be found at [https://www.csba.org/GovernanceAndPolicyResources/Education-Work](https://www.csba.org/GovernanceAndPolicyResources/Education-Work)force-Housing/ResearchandMedia. Additional resources on education workforce housing can be found at [https://www.csba.org/workforcehousing](https://www.csba.org/workforcehousing).  \nCOMMUNITY PARTNER  \nThis 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.  \nFUNDING SUPPORT  \nThe Chan Zuckerberg Initiative has generously supported this work as part oftheir efforts to increase access for California’s workforce to high quality and affordable housing.  \nEXECUTIVE SUMMARY  \nCalifornia’s high housing costs are straining the ability of local educational agencies (LEAs) to recruit and retain teachers and staff. Many have begun exploring or building education workforce housing (EWH) to address staff turnover, but most have limited capacity and expertise to navigate the complex financing and development processes necessary for making EWH a reality.  \nCounty offices of education (COEs) are uniquely positioned to support school districts in this endeavor. With their regional reach, convening power, and technical expertise, COEs can play a critical role in advancing EWH—both for their own staff and by supporting their constituent districts.  \nThis white paper outlines the role COEs can play in making EWH feasible for more districts, benefiting California’s students. It focuses on three categories of support:  \n• Building knowledge and capacity—Convening districts, providing technical assistance, and sharing tools for early planning and predevelopment.  \n• Supporting regional and externa","cbCait7daUnsPoQt","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCait7daUnsPoQt","pdf",1126695,16,"English","# Introduction\n## Why Housing for Educators Matters\n# Challenges in Building Education Workforce Housing\n# California’s County Offices of Education\n# Key Strategies for COEs to Support Housing\n## Build Knowledge and Capacity\n## Support Regional and External Partnerships\n## Directly Engage in Housing Development\n# Conclusion\n# Sources","[{\"question\":\"Why does housing matter for educators in California?\",\"answer\":\"High housing costs make it difficult for educators to find housing near their workplaces, leading to long commutes, financial strain, and in some cases leaving the profession.\"},{\"question\":\"What problem does the report address?\",\"answer\":\"The report addresses limited local capacity to manage the complex financing and development processes required to make education workforce housing (EWH) a reality.\"},{\"question\":\"How can county offices of education (COEs) help?\",\"answer\":\"COEs can advance EWH by building districts’ knowledge and capacity, connecting them with regional and external partners, and directly engaging in housing development through COE-led projects and joint arrangements such as JPAs.\"}]","How California’s County Offices of Education Can Advance Workforce Housing for Educators | PDF",1792046232]