Housing & Homelessness

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Internal audits help protect taxpayer money. LAHSA hasn’t finished any in years

LAHSA also has failed multiple external audits in recent years, which have found the agency has neglected to properly track spending meant to shelter and house people.

Homelessness rises in Long Beach for second year in a row

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SoCal cities made landlords pay when rent hikes pushed out tenants. Then courts stepped in

A "for rent" sign hangs near a discarded mattresses outside an apartment building in the city of Los Angeles.

In failing to plan for new housing, Costa Mesa finds itself in state’s legal crosshairs

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LA used to jail people for sleeping on the street. A case changed the city’s lens on homelessness

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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.
They were repeatedly ticketed because of their homelessness. What did it change?

In Los Angeles, Sacramento and San Diego, homeless Californians describe their experiences as camping ban enforcement has increased.

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