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Credit History Remains an Obstacle for Section 8 Tenants, Despite Anti-Discrimination Law

California prohibits the use of credit history to reject applicants with housing assistance without considering pay stubs and other alternatives. Big landlords keep doing it anyway.

by Robin Urevich


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‘There’s Power in Numbers’

By Ethan Bakuli

In October, Michigan home care workers formed a statewide union of 32,000. Experts say it’s a template for protecting rights in 2026.

This Big L.A. Landlord Turned Away People Seeking Section 8 Housing

By Robin Urevich

Apartment hunters with rental assistance were not welcome at many Jamison buildings, in apparent violation of California law, a Capital & Main investigation found. 

How Some of L.A.’s Biggest Apartment Owners Avoid Section 8 Tenants

By Robin Urevich

Capital & Main investigated seven of the city’s largest rental property owners and found most skirted anti-discrimination laws. Here’s how each landlord fared.

I Wanted the Holidays to Drown Out Trump. Then He Spewed His Racism Again.

By Erin Aubry Kaplan

We have to call out the increasingly blatant bigotry of the right — like President Trump’s calling Somali Americans “garbage” — or risk accepting it as the new normal.

They Power the U.S. Economy, But Will Struggle to Afford Health Care

By Elizabeth Aguilera

Health insurance costs will skyrocket for millions of Americans if certain tax credits expire. Small business owners and the self-employed will be hit especially hard.

A Little Place Called Home?

By Mark Kreidler

San Jose is delivering low-cost tiny homes for people living on the streets of California’s third-largest city — as long as the state continues to fund it.

Capital & Main, L.A. Times Win Sidney Award for Reporting on Child Farmworkers

By Steve Marble

A two-part series investigating California’s failure to protect underage farmworkers won the December Sidney Award from the Sidney Hillman Foundation.

Giving Up on the Dream: Asylum Seekers Try Other Options in Mexico

By Kate Morrissey

Many migrants who were hoping to reach the U.S. are now stuck in a backlog with Mexico’s refugee agency; others are going home.