Housing – Fall 2025

In July, Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation (TTCF) hosted Secretary Tomiquia Moss and Deputy Secretaries Sasha Wisotsky Kergan and Annie Carney of the California Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency (BCSH). The two-day visit, co-hosted with the League of California Community Foundations, was part of a larger tour for Secretary Moss. The tour’s intent is to understand the unique challenges facing different parts of California and the pivotal roles that community foundations play in their communities.

The first day featured a dynamic conversation with Mountain Housing Council and Legacy Partners, as well as a tour of achievable housing developments. TTCF partners have expertly demonstrated that familiar challenges, such as homelessness, workforce shortages, and rising insurance costs, present uniquely in forested mountain communities and require distinct tools and nuanced policies. The second day, TTCF hosted a forest-to-housing lightning talk showcasing grantees working in cross-laminated timber, biomass energy, economic revitalization, and wildfire risk mitigation. The Secretary was so impressed that she scheduled a second forest-to-housing tour in October and invited seven of her State partners. Unfortunately, the tour had to be rescheduled due to a severe weather watch.