Education Workforce Housing
Housing affordability is one of the main barriers to attracting and retaining great teachers and staff across California. To address this, many local educational agencies (LEAs) in the state are looking into building Education Workforce Housing — homes for their employees on underdeveloped land they already own.
By using their own land, LEAs can build high-quality and attractive housing to lease to their employees at below-market rates. LEAs who have built workforce housing report significantly improved staff retention. All developments have waiting lists, and they help LEAs recruit new staff. Today, over 15% of California districts and county offices are exploring housing as a new, powerful solution.
CSBA’s Education Workforce Housing team is meeting this demand by expanding to a comprehensive ecosystem of resources designed to move these unique projects from idea to implementation. At its core, this ecosystem features a housing development pathway that includes in-person bootcamps, intensive workshops, and access to predevelopment loans. Stay connected with us as these and more opportunities launch in the coming months and check out the existing resources below to get started today!
How to get started:
- Sign up for our interest list via this short form if you are an LEA interested in building education workforce housing. That's the best way to be sure you'll hear all our major updates, including upcoming training opportunities. If you're an educator interested in living in EWH, please contact your LEA.
- Read the 2025 report Housing California Educators: Insights from nine education workforce housing developments to learn lessons from nine open education workforce housing developments in the state.
- Read Education Workforce Housing in California: Developing the 21st Century Campus (Executive Summary | Full Report), the definitive report on workforce housing (published in 2022)
- Review the companion handbook targeted to school board members to learn about how to bring education workforce housing to your LEA.
- If you’re ready to engage a real estate consultant, schedule a conversation with Property Planning Solutions by DCG Strategies, CSBA’s exclusive real estate consulting business partner.
- Visit the following subpages to explore our rich library of resources:
Finally, take a moment to watch this 4-minute video of Jefferson Union High School District’s 705 Serramonte development – it shows the transformational power of education workforce housing.
If you are a local education agency (LEA) seeking vendors for any EWH service, please submit your RFP/RFQ listing to CSBA's EWH RFP/RFQ Database
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Questions? Email EdWorkforceHousing@csba.org
CSBA is grateful for the support and guidance of its partners in developing these resources: