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County votes to ban landlords from discriminating against Section 8 tenants
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday, Jan. 11, to ban landlords from discriminating against would-be tenants with government-issued housing vouchers or other rental subsidies.
Looking for affordable housing in Fresno? Here’s your chance to apply for some options
If you’re looking for affordable housing in Fresno and hope to receive rental assistance, you have about two weeks to submit your application to the lottery system. The Fresno [...]
Homelessness jumps 12% in L.A. County and 16% in the city; officials ‘stunned’
In a hard reality check for Los Angeles County’s multibillion-dollar hope of ending homelessness, officials reported Tuesday that the number of people living on the streets, in vehicles [...]
REPORT: AFFORDABLE HOUSING GETTING SCARCER, LESS AFFORDABLE
A series of reports on eight Valley counties show a staggering deficit of available housing for low-income renters and increasing costs pushing housing options out of reach. “In [...]
LA County Homelessness Is Getting Worse. Here Are The Numbers
The news is bad. The number of people living in Los Angeles County without a permanent home is up 12% across the board. The rise in the City [...]
Despite Increased Spending, Homelessness Up 12% In Los Angeles County
Homelessness is up in Los Angeles County for the third time in four years. Numbers released Tuesday show nearly 59,000 people living on the streets or in vehicles [...]
A little-noticed zoning twist is set to spark a home-building boom in L.A.
On a recent spring day, bulldozers leveled the low-slung Holiday Auto Plaza in Palms, home to several repair shops. Just another unremarkable commercial building being swept away — [...]
Sacramento Needs 63,000 New Rental Units, Housing Nonprofit Says
Sacramento County needs 63,00 new apartments and homes to meet the demand of renters, according to a new report by the California Housing Partnership. The nonprofit, which helps [...]
Affordable Housing Advocates Launch Campaign for $900 Million Bond Measure
Advocates of affordable housing have begun a campaign for a $900 million city bond issue to fund construction of 7,500 units for veterans, elderly and families with children. [...]
Should the City Use Eminent Domain to Keep Housing Affordable?
For more than a decade, Shao Zhao has called Chinatown’s sprawling, green stucco Hillside Villa apartment complex her home. Perched off Cesar Chavez Avenue, the building is just [...]
AFFORDABLE HOMES FIRST: Advancing a Green New Deal for Los Angeles Renters
Los Angeles, which has made great strides in creating a clean energy economy, could be reducing energy use and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions on a scale in line [...]
Report: LA needs 516,946 affordable homes to meet demand
Los Angeles’s affordable housing crisis is well documented, but an annual report from the California Housing Partnership and the Southern California Association of Nonprofit Housing shines a harsh light on [...]
Southern California lacks 759,000 affordable homes, report says
Fewer than a third of low-income families have access to housing they can afford in Southern California, a housing advocacy group reported Tuesday, May 21. The report shows [...]
Report: “A Green New Deal for Renters” Is Possible
A new report makes a strong case for Los Angeles leaders to reassess the city’s investments in energy efficiency programs to ensure they better serve affordable housing residents who remain [...]
Should cities subsidize housing for a family making $141,000?
California’s governor wants to fund housing for families whose moderate income puts them beyond the scope of current assistance programs. Similar efforts are underway in Boston and Philadelphia. [...]
Assembly Bill 724: Nation’s First State-Wide Rental Registry On Track to Pass California Committee
Sacramento, CA. — As activists barnstorm California’s Capital this week, advocating for solutions to the state’s housing crisis, Assemblymember Buffy Wicks’ (D – Oakland) proposal collect statewide data [...]
Rents are rising in Fresno. See how much, and how they compare with other parts of the state
Fresno experienced one of the highest rates of year-over-year increases in apartment rents among California’s 10 largest cities between March 2018 and March 2019, according to a recent [...]
Report: Rent burden in LA ranks third in US
Most Los Angeles renters are probably all too aware of the city’s high housing costs, but a new report from the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation breaks down how the [...]
Affordable housing in LA keeps rent low-but it comes with an expiration date
For the last three decades, Hillside Villa, a pale green, stucco-coated building on Hill Place has been, for several hundred residents of Chinatown, a consistently affordable place to live.
Valley lawmakers should back new housing bills to protect low-income renters
Thousands of Central Valley residents live under a constant threat and wonder, “How much longer can I afford to stay in my home?”
New Low-Income Weatherization Program (LIWP) Multifamily Report Assesses Cap-and-Trade Program Benefits
This report published by the California Housing Partnership and the Association for Energy Affordability presents new findings on the climate and community benefits delivered by the Cap-and-Trade-funded Low-Income Weatherization Program [...]
Affordable Housing Production Stagnant Despite Recent Advances; One in Three Households Unable to Afford Housing and Basic Living Costs in California
A new report from the California Housing Partnership shows that recent state initiatives designed to stimulate production of more affordable rental housing have yet to make a significant impact [...]
With renters struggling, California still needs 1.4 million affordable units, report finds
Despite recent laws and new funding to boost housing construction, California still needs 1.4 million more affordable rental units, according to a report out Thursday. Of more than 2 million [...]
Policy Brief: Assessing the Economic Benefits of SB 5
Assessing the Economic Impacts of the Local-State Sustainable Incentive Program (SB 5, Beall and McGuire)

