Tia Boatman Patterson

Working Group: More Entry-Level Homes Could Help Solve Housing Crisis  

The Community Housing Working Group hosted a briefing on April 23 at Cafeteria 15L in Sacramento.  Discussions focused on how the housing crisis in California affects Black and Brown communities and explored ways to provide low-income families and individuals with affordable housing.  

Gov. Newsom Reappoints Tia Boatman Patterson to Lead Cal Housing Finance Agency

Over the years, Boatman Patterson, 53, says, she has learned how to work across government — federal, state and local — to get things done. Building partnerships, establishing trust, collaborating with policymakers, and opening cross-departmental work and communication channels that, she says, is the only way her agency can help California meet its housing goals.