The California Department of Housing and
Community Development (HCD), in partnership with
UC Davis Western Center for Agricultural Health
and Safety, launched the California
Farmworker Housing Study. This study is
being conducted to fulfill the requirements of AB
1654 (Rivas, Chapter 638, Statutes of 2022) and
will assess the existing housing conditions for
farmworkers and analyze unmet farmworker housing
needs.
The study will include a housing survey,
quantitative analysis, listening sessions and key
authoritative source interviews. HCD and the
research team will gather farmworker and other
stakeholder’s perspectives on housing and housing
production, analyze farmworker household
demographics, and conduct a farmworker housing
needs analysis based on these inputs and existing
datasets and reports.
HCD and the research team are beginning outreach
in March 2024 and is focusing their efforts on
gathering information from farmworkers in several
key regions of the state, including the San
Joaquin Valley, Imperial County, Coachella Valley
and others.
The final study will help to inform a
comprehensive statewide farmworker housing
strategy to be released by HCD in 2027.
