Housing & Homelessness

Major landlord reaches $7M settlement with California, other states in alleged rent price scheme

Greystar is the largest landlord in the country and manages hundreds of rental properties in California, officials say.

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Newport Beach may dump state mandate as residents prep to vote on plan for far fewer housing units

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Ferries travel back and forth in Newport Beach.

How an overloaded homelessness system left this LA family living in their car

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A pair of arms with light skin tone wrap around a small boy with light skin tone, who holds in his hands two toy cars. They sit on a bench next to a woman with light skin tone.

How a retired construction worker finished Altadena’s first home on a lot burned by the Eaton Fire

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A family of three — including a father, mother and an adult son, all with medium skin tone — stand next to power tools and lumber outside their recently completed accessory dwelling unit on the lot of their home in Altadena.

LA County proposes major cuts to homeless services for next year. What we know so far

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Half a dozen large tents are set up on a city sidewalk. Taller buildings can be seen in the background.

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Fewer people on streets, in shelters after getting LA County homelessness prevention help

A new study finds promising early results from a program that tries to find and assist those most at risk of becoming unhoused.
LA County offers small gift cards to unhoused meth users who test clean. Is it working?

The program started last year. It's one of the only treatment options available for unhoused Angelenos addicted to stimulants, including methamphetamine, experts say.
A plan to build 900 townhomes and establish a vast nature preserve in Irvine begins to take shape

The housing development could come in front of the council later in the year.
Priced out of LA homeownership? City Council proposal could allow sale of cheaper ADUs

L.A. homeowners are building thousands of backyard units. A new City Council motion aims to let them sell, and not just rent out, those ADUs.
California lawmakers side with landlords to kill renter eviction relief

California legislators rejected a progressive proposal to give past due renters a two-week grace period on evictions.
Leader of LA County's first homelessness department says 'accountability' is a priority

The inaugural director, Sarah Mahin, will help lead the county’s overhaul of the homeless services system.
LA County officials select leader of new homelessness department

The new director is not expected to be named until their employment contract is finalized and the salary has been approved. County leaders haven't said when that will be.
The annual max increase for LA's rent controlled apartments is back — as city puts off vote to reform rules

Most L.A. apartments are covered by the city’s decades-old rent control law. New limits on annual rent hikes take effect July 1 without reforms that have been waiting for a City Council vote.
More unsheltered Angelenos are ‘rough sleeping’ without a tent, study says

A 2024 RAND study shows a shift in the population on L.A.’s streets.
LA City Council votes to extend contract for renter aid days before expiration

Legal aid and rent relief for L.A. tenants facing eviction is set to continue after the City Council voted to temporarily extend a contract the city attorney refused to sign.
After the LA fires, mortgage companies promised to give devastated homeowners a break. Some have not

Borrowers who lost homes tell LAist their banks are not following the rules of a state mortgage relief program. Some have been told they could face foreclosure.
LA County’s new dispatch center for homeless services will soon take requests from the public

The center connects unsheltered people with housing, treatment and other services.

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