Plan Dulce host Vidal F. Márquez (He/Him) speaks with Norena Limón (She/Her) from the Casita Coalition to discuss the California housing supply crisis and her journey raised in the Inland Empire, working at the Obama White House, going to Harvard and becoming a CEO in policy advocacy in California.

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Noerena Limón brings over 16 years of experience working at the nexus of government, public policy, and the private sector. She is currently the CEO of the Casita Coalition, where she leads efforts to address California’s housing crisis through policy advocacy and community engagement. Previously, she founded Mariposa Strategies LLC, a consulting firm providing strategic guidance to nonprofits, government entities, and private organizations on housing. In 2023, Limón was appointed by Governor Gavin Newsom to the Board of the California Housing Finance Agency. Since 2021, she has also served as a Housing Fellow at UC Berkeley Terner Center for Housing Innovation, where she collaborates on research addressing California’s housing supply crisis.

Noerena has spent most of her career doing federal policy work with experience at the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the Obama White House and U.S. Congress. Noerena received her B.A. from UC Berkeley and her Masters in Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.

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https://casitacoalition.squarespace.com/build-the-middle-national-housing-convening-2025

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‘We Help Each Other’, Casita Ownership Opportunities with Noerena Limón