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Mapping the Benefits of Affordable Housing in California
What social and economic benefits are generated when we relieve low-income families of housing insecurity and rent burden? Or when we help households move to healthier higher resource [...]
Finding an affordable home? Tough enough for many…
Mary Zendejas needed to leave her home. She’d had a good run. For a decade she’d cultivated a two-bedroom, two-bath apartment into a place she could call home. [...]
Condos may be coming to skid row — but not for the homeless
Apartments and condominiums for the middle class could be coming to skid row, under a rezoning plan unveiled Tuesday. But skid row advocates warn the plan, currently in [...]
Rancho Santa Margarita could lose nearly half its affordable housing supply
Rancho Santa Margarita could lose nearly half its supply of affordable housing at the end of this year. The owner of Villa La Paz – a 500-unit apartment [...]
Local Homeless Shelters in the Making
Officials say more affordable housing construction is critical to reducing a growing homeless population in Los Angeles as a shortage of 517,000 low-income housing units plagues Los Angeles [...]
Local landlords offering housing units to homeless individuals due to California Housing Summit
BAKERSFIELD,Calif. — In May the California Housing Partnership stated that Kern County is in a housing crisis for low-income renters and would need 26,000 units to meet the [...]
The big problem with affordable housing
There’s a big problem with affordable housing: It eventually flips to market rate. In the next five years, by the city’s estimate, 8,597 income-restricted apartments in Los Angeles [...]
Evictions loom for Chinatown residents who can’t find affordable housing
“Hi, Thelma,” Shao Zhao said Wednesday evening to her longtime neighbor, Thelma Caseres, who was strolling through the courtyard of the Hillside Villa apartments in Chinatown. Zhao is [...]
Will L.A.’s Homelessness Spike Lead to a Course Correction?
Cold hard data can focus the mind of voters and politicians alike. Los Angeles voters have been generous on homelessness issues in recent years, even if they have [...]
Homelessness as a Given? The Loss of Urgency
In Los Angeles, the epicenter of “a particularly brutal style of homelessness” in which 75 percent of homeless people are unsheltered, the attention often goes to inner-city areas [...]
Google Pledges $1B To Help Ease Bay Area Housing Crisis
While Matt Schwartz, CEO of the California Housing Partnership, also welcomed Google’s announcement, he urged it to “provide additional details showing exactly how the $250 million in investments [...]
Los Angeles County Annual Affordable Housing Outcomes Report 2019
Los Angeles County’s shortage of affordable and available homes to lower-income families continues to grow. This report is designed to help guide Los Angeles County’s allocation of resources [...]
County votes to ban landlords from discriminating against Section 8 tenants
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday, Jan. 11, to ban landlords from discriminating against would-be tenants with government-issued housing vouchers or other rental subsidies.
Looking for affordable housing in Fresno? Here’s your chance to apply for some options
If you’re looking for affordable housing in Fresno and hope to receive rental assistance, you have about two weeks to submit your application to the lottery system. The Fresno [...]
Homelessness jumps 12% in L.A. County and 16% in the city; officials ‘stunned’
In a hard reality check for Los Angeles County’s multibillion-dollar hope of ending homelessness, officials reported Tuesday that the number of people living on the streets, in vehicles [...]
REPORT: AFFORDABLE HOUSING GETTING SCARCER, LESS AFFORDABLE
A series of reports on eight Valley counties show a staggering deficit of available housing for low-income renters and increasing costs pushing housing options out of reach. “In [...]
LA County Homelessness Is Getting Worse. Here Are The Numbers
The news is bad. The number of people living in Los Angeles County without a permanent home is up 12% across the board. The rise in the City [...]
Despite Increased Spending, Homelessness Up 12% In Los Angeles County
Homelessness is up in Los Angeles County for the third time in four years. Numbers released Tuesday show nearly 59,000 people living on the streets or in vehicles [...]
Stanislaus County’s Housing Emergency Update
75% of ELI households in Stanislaus County are paying more than half of their income on housing costs compared to 0% of moderate income households.
Tulare County’s Housing Emergency Update
Low Income Housing Tax Credit production and preservation in Tulare County increased while State production and preservation decreased from 2016-2018.
San Joaquin County’s Housing Emergency Update
Renters in San Joaquin County need to earn $29.46 per hour – 2.5 times the State minimum wage – to afford the median monthly asking rent of $1,532.
Merced County’s Housing Emergency Update
Merced County needs 8,281 more affordable rental homes to meet current demand.
Madera County’s Housing Emergency Update
Cuts in Federal and State funding have reduced investment in affordable housing in Madera County by more than $5 million annually since 2008, a 73% reduction.
Kings County’s Housing Emergency Update
Low Income Housing Tax Credit production and preservation in Kings County remains low since 2016.

