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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‘Taking it off the speculative market’: These nonprofits help tenants afford to stay put

California community land trusts, which buy land and sell or rent the buildings on it to low-income residents, have tripled.
LA County leaders rebuff Newsom and push for shelter to be offered when clearing encampments

In a unanimous vote, the five supervisors said they’re not changing the county’s longstanding approach in the jurisdiction they control.
At LA’s infamous Cecil Hotel, formerly unhoused tenants report a plague of problems

The iconic Skid Row building went from the true crime spotlight to homeless housing. But some residents wonder if they were better off before moving in.
In LA, your chic vacation rental may be a rent-controlled apartment

Amid an affordable housing crisis, dozens of rent-controlled buildings are listed on short-term rental websites. A 2018 law was supposed to stop that, but the city is struggling to enforce it.
New rent hike limits go into place this week. What you need to know

Rent hike limits under a key state law changed little for many SoCal renters in 2024. Here’s what to do if your landlord demands more.
Should LA County jail unhoused people for camping in public? Leaders to discuss

A motion up for approval by county supervisors calls for a regional strategy to reduce the effect of a recent Supreme Court ruling on homelessness.
Pasadena City College opens first housing unit for foster youth

The housing units are intended to serve youth 18 to 21 who are transitioning out of the foster care system and are attending the college.
Skid Row cooling stations inadequate to protect unhoused people from heat illness

Unsheltered people in Skid Row lack sufficient access to water and shade, and advocates say they need dozens more climate stations to address the need.
LA city planners hear from a chorus of Angelenos wanting more housing in single-family neighborhoods

City officials plan to leave single-family zones out of their blueprint for hundreds of thousands of new homes. Many residents are urging them to reverse course.
Construction begins on affordable housing in Fullerton — 6 years after controversy

The battle over the city-owned lot was the subject of a 2022 podcast by LAist Studios.
Newsom issues order on clearing homeless encampments

Last month the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that cities are no longer prohibited from punishing homeless people for camping if they have nowhere else to go.
LA is planning for hundreds of thousands of new homes. But not in single-family zones

The city has a lot of work to do to meet state housing goals, including rezoning. But officials don’t want to touch single-family neighborhoods.

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