Housing & Homelessness

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Appeals court clears LAHSA to seek federal funds, rejecting Trump admin effort to sideline agency

The court decision Thursday is the latest in an ongoing fight over whether the L.A. region’s lead homeless services agency can access and direct federal dollars.

A new California law forces one community to try something different over homelessness

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At a talent show on Los Angeles’ Skid Row, the performers are all part of the homeless community

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How do you get a housing permit in California? He can hook you up, for a fee

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LA providers say federal funding delays ‘wreaking havoc’ in homeless services system

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Renters sue Pasadena and LA County over toxic ash cleanup, lack of enforcement

Local officials have told tenants to sue landlords who refuse to clean post-fire smoke damage. A new lawsuit seeks to require inspections and enforcement.
LA City Council votes to address homelessness data problems

The motion, approved Tuesday, looks to fix “data silos” within city agencies.
LA Fire Department says nearly a third of fires involve unhoused residents

Fire officials are asking for more funding as call volumes rise.
Why California’s biggest local effort to fight homelessness is starting all over again

After scathing audits criticizing Los Angeles’ county-city homeless authority, the county is blowing up that joint agency and starting over.
Denser housing may be on the horizon near LA's transit centers

SB79 would loosen zoning requirements within a half mile of light rail and subway stops.
Court auditors say LA homelessness services are 'extremely broken'

A court-overseen review found that the city could not substantiate the number of beds the city was taking credit for to show it was complying with the agreements.
Paying rent in California? It could now help your credit score

In California, AB 2747 now requires landlords to give tenants the option to share on-time rent payments with credit bureaus.
Is the secret to housing affordability in California buried in the building code?

On the whole, the California building code would be set on cruise control for the better half of a decade.
LA city officials told a court they were adding new beds for unhoused people. But auditors couldn’t verify over 1,400 of them

The city agreed to pay for the beds in an agreement overseen by a federal judge, but withheld spending summaries from court auditors.
Judge holds new hearing as he considers yanking control of homelessness spending from LA's elected leaders

The hearing comes after an independent audit found significant failures by the city in tracking billions of homelessness spending.
Caltrans’ response to homeless encampments is lagging, cities complain

Pending legislation would push Caltrans to work more closely with California cities on dismantling homeless encampments around its highways.
How a new real-time database could match LA's unhoused people with shelter beds

The software replaces a patchwork of spreadsheets currently used to monitor when beds became available.

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