Housing & Homelessness

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Glendale opens applications for rental assistance

The temporary financial support is designed as a homeless prevention program for the city.

Judge shoots down Trump’s homeless funding shift: ‘The hallmark of unreasoned decision making’

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LA city attorney agrees to approve tenant aid after withholding signature for more than a year

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Judge wants to preserve current federal funding for LA's lead homelessness agency amid legal battle

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Their town burned to the ground. Should Altadena get a pass from California’s new housing laws?

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LA City Council delays state housing law by allowing apartments in some neighborhoods

L.A. leaders have long voted to keep apartments away from single-family zones. A new state law is forcing them to change those plans.

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$177M in LA tenant aid is being held up while city officials argue over why

City Attorney Hydee Feldstein Soto alleges a legal aid organization hasn’t complied with its contract. But L.A. housing officials say they’ve seen full compliance.

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Huntington Beach finally adopts housing plan

The city was facing fines of up to $50,000 a month for shirking state law.
In about-face, LA council votes to pursue a ballot measure for ‘mansion tax’ reforms

A previous council committee decided against sending tax changes to voters. But now, the full council wants to move forward with a November ballot measure.
In Orange County, six-figure salaries now qualify as 'low income'

With OC rents and home prices soaring, the state says individuals making up to $104,200 per year are now eligible for “low-income” housing.

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LA homeless agency has been underspending tens of millions of dollars allocated to it

A recent audit found the L.A. Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) underspent its budget by $108 million in the last fiscal year, mainly because of “program delays.”
HUD halts federal homeless dollars to LA-area's lead agency, citing mismanagement

The move could jeopardize tens of millions in federal dollars that flow from HUD to LAHSA each year.

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More than 250 tax-funded LA apartments sit empty under key Mayor Bass homelessness strategy

The vacancies, uncovered by an LAist investigation, are part of an initiative L.A. Mayor Karen Bass introduced years ago.
Why aren't hotels full for the World Cup — and what does it mean for LA?

Thousands of soccer fans are expected to descend on SoFi Stadium in Inglewood Friday to mark the start of the World Cup in Los Angeles. Yet hotel rooms are sitting empty.

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City attorney has left $177M tenant aid contract unsigned for months. LA leaders want to know why

Hydee Feldstein Soto hasn’t explained why she has delayed rent relief and eviction defense funding approved by the City Council and the mayor.

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A California housing bill would raise wages to $28. Why do some unions hate it?

The California trades unions and the carpenters union are at odds again over a minimum wage provision in a housing bill.
Homelessness is down in California and across the country, new federal report says

The Trump administration downplayed the decline in homelessness, contending far more people are on the streets today than a decade ago.

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