06/01/2026
🏠Housing is the test.
Our partners at the Council of Community Housing Organizations are naming something critical in this moment: California isn’t poor — we’re unequal.
In this powerful piece, Quintin Mecke makes the case that the housing crisis isn’t just about scarcity. It’s about whether we’re willing to act—and whether those who have benefited most from our state’s growth are willing to contribute to real solutions.
Winning new funding measures or passing policies alone won’t solve the crisis overnight. But they do prove something essential: that we can still come together to demand accountability, invest in our communities, and build a future where everyone has a place to call home.
At Build Affordable Faster California, we believe that means:
✅ Building more—including deeply affordable homes
âś… Securing the funding that makes affordability possible
âś… Standing up for policies that match the scale of the crisis
This is about more than housing. It’s about what kind of California we want to be.
👉 Read and share: https://quintinmecke.substack.com/p/housing-is-the-test
We are not poor. We are unequal. And the people who benefit from that confusion are spending tens of millions to keep it that way.
