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.
It seems everyone in the state wants more housing, but not necessarily in their own backyards.
The city’s housing plan may not create the integrated and balanced communities that state law requires.
Disappointing numbers call into question the state’s market-based prescription for resolving the housing shortage.
A Capital & Main investigation finds the city’s fair housing programs are littered with problems.
California’s efforts to tackle its housing crisis may be headed for trouble at the local level.
The debate around SB 9 centers on equity, social justice, affordability — and whether it benefits residents or developers.
Soaring rents are placing intense pressure on tenants’ incomes and pricing people out.
Even as Californians are ordered to shelter in place, renters face the prospect of homelessness.
California’s economy is booming, but the state’s poorest residents are falling further and further behind.