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Number Of Usable Shelter Beds In LA Has Dropped Due To COVID

L.A. saw a 23% drop in shelter beds due to COVID-19 concerns, but a 34% increase in private rooms and spaces with the help of programs like Project Roomkey.

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Mobile Home Residents In Carson Say Closing Their Park Leaves Them With No Affordable Place To Live

Residents of the Imperial Avalon Mobile Estates say the closure of their park will leave them with no affordable housing.

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California Is Offering $5.2B In Rent Relief — Here’s How To Apply In Multiple Languages

California has improved language accessibility for tenants seeking rent relief after coming under harsh criticism from housing advocates.

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Orange County Homelessness Organization Fighting To Keep Its Home

Mary's Kitchen has served the unhoused in Orange County for nearly 30 years; now it's challenging the city of Orange's decision to terminate its lease.

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New Complaint Says State Missteps — Including Bad Translations — Block Access To CA Pandemic Rent Relief

At one point, the button for "return" read as "go back to your country, applicant" in Chinese. At issue: the state housing department’s heavy reliance on Google Translate.

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In Appeal Hearing, A Judicial Panel Signals Sympathy For Judge Carter’s ‘Judicial Frustration’ Over LA Homelessness

On Wednesday, a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in an appeal of Judge David O. Carter’s major homelessness injunction.

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LA Tenants Are Falling Through The Cracks Of California's Eviction Ban

Eviction rates in Los Angeles are higher than average for the state, which has one of the nation’s longest-running eviction bans. The differences come down to local decisions.

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Where’s My Rent Relief? LA Slow To Provide Promised Aid

As L.A. tenants anxiously wait for rent relief, hundreds of millions of dollars remain unspent. The city of L.A. has distributed just 7% of available funding.

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LA Launches New Eviction Defense Program For Tenants

The program provides free renters' education clinics, pre-eviction counseling, and full legal representation for low-income tenants.

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LA Will Resume Its Encampment Cleanup Program

The program will resume on September 1 with new "enhanced street engagement strategies" requested by councilmembers Mike Bonin and Nithya Raman.

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Sheriff Villanueva Says No Venice Boardwalk Homeless Arrests for July 4

The sheriff had earlier threatened to arrest any unhoused people who refused to leave by Independence Day.

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How The Social Services System Pushes Domestic Violence Survivors Toward Homelessness

Domestic violence is the leading cause of women becoming unhoused. But it's rarely included in homelessness policy.

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