After wildfires devastated the island, homelessness spiked. Advocates fear L.A. could face a similar fate without strong renter protections — and enforcement.
Preventing price gouging on rents and predatory evictions are looming challenges for public officials.
City officials are proposing stricter enforcement, higher fines and new technology in part to prevent rent-controlled apartments from being listed on Airbnb and Booking.com.
A measure seemingly targeting the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, which has put forth three rent control ballot measures, is on its way to narrowly passing.
As president, Trump proposed large cuts to affordable housing programs. Harris touts her record helping homeowners after the Great Recession.
The industry says it is struggling to find new workers as some schools hope to revamp trade programs.
Unenforceable laws and failed “affordable housing” policies show that public housing and tenant-controlled buildings must become the norm, say the founders of the Los Angeles Tenants Union in their new book.
Small, less-expensive readymade homes could buy time as the state continues to struggle with homelessness and high building costs.
Multiple efforts to boost housing construction are meant to bring home ownership back within reach. Meanwhile, workers can’t keep up.
A city law sought to prevent low-cost housing from turning into hotels, but some landlords rented to tourists anyway. That didn’t stop them from receiving city funds for a new temporary shelter program.
After a Capital & Main and ProPublica investigation found that landlords were turning low-cost housing into tourist hotels, the city ordered some building owners to comply with the law.
Housing costs have soared in the Texas city in recent years, while the state cuts back on funding.
Frances Anderton discusses her new book on how 20th century housing developments brought people together, and their lessons for the current L.A. housing crisis.
The city moved to regulate short-term rentals in 2018, but researchers say it will not issue fines.
Reclaiming Our Homes drew national attention to SoCal’s struggles over housing and poverty. But their time in state-owned houses may be up.
Recently passed legislation pushes new construction as a solution.
The aftereffects of the pandemic are likely to depress homeownership rates for Black and Latino households in California.
With more progressives likely to join her on L.A.’s City Council, Nithya Raman talks about the prospects for breaking the ‘culture of unanimity’ at City Hall.
Affluent Californians flock to the region, creating a classic housing crisis, only more so.
Documentarian Giorgio Angelini explores the shaky foundation of America’s housing industry.