Housing & Homelessness

Report: Sharp rise in Los Angeles County student homelessness

Report finds highest rate of homeless students in the past five years.

Long Beach cuts ties with its largest homeless shelter operator over billing practices concerns

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LA considers waiving part of local sales tax for Palisades Fire victims rebuilding homes

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California considering a first of its kind idea to boost factory-built housing

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Beloved Eagle Rock bookstore must find a new home after rent more than doubles. It's not alone

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LA's top homelessness official signed $2.1 million contract with husband's employer

Government documents show Va Lecia Adams Kellum, who leads an agency that manages over $700 million in homeless services contracts each year, inked deals with the nonprofit where her husband is a senior staffer.
South Pasadena Caltrans homes sell for thousands above asking

All of the proceeds from the sales, which were finalized before the fires, go into a new South Pasadena affordable housing fund.
Tenants left in limbo after asking landlords and city officials to fix smoke damage

One month after the fires, many renters still can’t move back to their homes because their landlords won’t say when, or if, they plan to clean up toxic ash.
House burned to the ground by Eaton Fire in escrow for $550,000

The house was listed for $450,000. Its listing agent expects escrow to close early next week.
State Farm, California’s largest fire insurance provider, is pushing for rate increases

State Farm is asking the state Department of Insurance to immediately approve its request.
Here’s how LA County plans to spend your tax dollars on homelessness

County officials recommend some cuts to homeless services, part of a changing approach ahead of the Measure A sales tax kicking in in April.
New fire eviction protections sent back to committee as LA City Council again delays vote

Los Angeles councilmembers spar over a proposal to give new safeguards to tenants who lost income because of the fires.
LA County seeks to suspend some state building laws in fire-ravaged areas, but housing advocates object

The Board of Supervisors unanimously voted Tuesday to ask the state for a reprieve from laws that set density and energy requirements in burn zones.
Glendale real estate agent charged in CA attorney general’s second rent gouging case

The agent allegedly offered a Glendale home to a family displaced by the Eaton Fire for more than 50% above the listed rent. She denies the allegations.
How widespread is post-fire rent gouging? These volunteer sleuths analyzed the data

Here’s what “The Rent Brigade” found after combing through 1,343 Zillow posts that appear to have broken California’s ban on post-fire price gouging.
CalMatters lawsuit forces LA officials to turn over secret homeless shelter complaints

Internal reports on deaths, disease, abuse and overdoses will give the public a rare glimpse inside taxpayer-funded shelters.
California AG files first charges over alleged post-fire rent gouging

Attorney General Rob Bonta said he would go after alleged rent gougers, and this week his office filed its first case. The agent strongly denies breaking the law.

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