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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Costa Mesa launches street medicine program

Officials said they had identified 150 unhoused people who could benefit.
Newsom administration tells Beverly Hills its efforts to block a high-rise violate state housing law

The affluent city has stalled plans for a 165-unit building. State housing officials say the “Builder’s Remedy” project should go forward.
Bond voyage: Supporters yank California’s largest-ever affordable housing measure

Backers pulled a $20-billion affordable housing bond off Bay Area ballots Thursday amid fears that it wouldn’t pass.
Long Beach to use Supreme Court's Grants Pass ruling to clear encampments of unhoused people

The city is upping enforcement of its anti-camping ordinances and will cite people for setting-up encampments or sleeping in public.
LA temporarily halts demolition permits of low-income housing in Boyle Heights

The ordinance is aimed at protecting Boyle Heights residents from displacement and gentrification.
Why the Catholic church plans to develop affordable housing in LA, and how they aim to do it

The Archdiocese of Los Angeles sees a need for affordable homes. They have the land — and now, a new housing nonprofit — to make it happen.
Why fewer tents in Venice may not mean fewer unhoused people

A recent RAND study found that after city authorities cleared encampments last year, there was a temporary drop in homelessness in Venice, Skid Row, and Hollywood that lasted two to three months.
Californians: Your rent may go up because of rising insurance rates

As wildfire risk increases in California, insurers are raising their rates. Landlords in turn are passing them along to tenants.
Some LA County leaders want clarity on Newsom's 'expectations' after state order to clear encampments

Newsom cannot directly order local governments to remove tents from public places, but he can pull back state money by the tens of millions if they don’t.
‘We gotta be somewhere’: Unhoused Californians react to Newsom’s crackdown

Unhoused Californians and activists say authorities are cracking down harder on encampments after getting the green light from the Supreme Court and Gov. Gavin Newsom.
Federal government ends policy that blocked unhoused LA veterans from housing

The change comes after strict income eligibility rules prevented some disabled veterans experiencing homelessness from obtaining housing.
LA's plan to give renters free eviction attorneys as a ‘right’ moves forward

The vote by the city housing committee overrides language drafted by the city attorney’s office, which had stripped the word “right” from the city’s proposal for a “right to counsel.”

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