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Nationwide housing costs rose 47 to 51 percent from 2019 to 2025 while beginning teacher salaries rose 24 percent; home purchase prices rose 44 percent from 2019 to 2024 while five-year-teacher salaries rose 34 to 35 percent (NCTQ analysis, reported by K-12 Dive, Feb 2026).
Twelve education workforce housing projects totaling more than 850 units had been completed in California as of January 2026, per CSBA data reported by 10News.
California school districts and county offices own about 151,500 acres; 75,000 acres across 7,068 properties are potentially developable (Center for Cities + Schools, Terner Center, cityLAB, Feb 2022).
Casa del Maestro cut attrition by two-thirds for the teachers it housed, compared with the same cohort; 80 percent of tenants stay the full allowable term (same report).
In a 2024 LAUSD employee survey, 46 percent of respondents had considered leaving their job because of housing costs and 5 percent reported being unhoused (LA Magazine, Jul 2026).
Fewer than one-fifth of homes across Colorado are affordable to a teacher earning the average salary in their district (Keystone Policy Center, 2022, via Colorado Sun).
705 Serramonte houses about a quarter of Jefferson Union HSD staff (San Jose Inside, Aug 2024).
Annual report: counts by state, status, model, and unit type, with the year of openings and failures. First edition scheduled for January 2027.