Housing Solutions
50%
of renters overpay for housing
65%
of local homes are held for seasonal and occasional use
67
community members are unhoused
March marked the first full month for the Truckee Navigation Center, and community members are making good use of our collective investment. Forty-four guests found a safe haven within its walls, the majority of whom (79%) were residents of Nevada County. In addition to warmth and safety, the Center’s onsite case managers have connected 10 individuals to ongoing support, including essential healthcare, and provided 38 day services including hot meals, showers, and laundry. The Center is more than a shelter; it offers people care, dignity, and hope that can transform their lives.
For years, our region addressed homelessness through temporary warming centers that only operated during extreme weather, leaving many vulnerable during the harsh mountain winters. To create a more sustainable solution, the Tahoe Truckee Homeless Action Coalition (TTHAC) — which includes TTCF — engaged the broader community to collectively determine the best path forward. One year later, Truckee opened its own Navigation Center. This process was supported by significant gifts made by generous TTCF donors who contributed more than $400,000 to realize this community vision. This includes a Legacy Gift that paid for the initial homelessness study and a significant gift from a Donor-Advised Fund with a multi-generational legacy in Truckee. Read the full story of how the Navigation Center came to be.
Tahoe-Truckee’s Housing Data Reveals Increased Strains on Local Workforce and the Environment
Tahoe has a housing crisis—one that shapes the quality of life, the growth of our economy, and the health of our environment. The numbers tell the story: 65% of the region’s housing stock sits vacant most of the year, half of all renters spend more than one-third of their income on housing, compared to 34% of homeowners, and buying a median-priced home here requires earning two and a half times the area’s median income—locking out the teachers, first responders, medical professionals, hospitality workers, and tradespeople we all depend on.
When more of Tahoe’s workers are forced to live farther away and make longer commutes, these commutes mean more emissions and ground-level pollution that strains the health of our mountain air, watersheds, and forests. Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation (TTCF) and the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) recently released the 2025 Tahoe-Truckee Housing Needs Assessment, expanding a decade of TTCF-facilitated studies to include the Tahoe Basin. Regional partners are using these findings to accelerate achievable local housing solutions for all. Read the 2025 Tahoe-Truckee Housing Needs Assessment.
To learn more about our community impact and how you can partner with us to make a difference, contact TTCF Donor Services at donorservices@ttcf.net.