California to Turn Unused School Land Into Millions of Housing Units

In an effort to address a lack of housing that officials say has contributed to a shrinking teaching workforce, the California Department of Education is planning on converting undeveloped school lots into affordable housing. State Supt. of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond announced July 30 in a press conference and a later statement, that the plan could potentially build 2.3 million new housing units on 75,000 acres of land owned by local educational agencies statewide. “California’s housing crisis is undeniable, but it is not unsolvable,” Thurmond said in a statement. “We know that families across our state are impacted, from the homelessness crisis facing our urban areas, to the long commute times impacting families priced out of once-affordable neighborhoods, to the staffing crisis in schools whose educators can’t afford to live where they work.”...