The Trump administration wants to sharply reduce funding for federal rental assistance that helps hundreds of thousands of California households afford a home. The plan, part of the president’s 2026 budget proposal, calls for a 43% reduction in funding available […]
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The first vacant lot in Altadena went up for sale in late January. The listing promised “great opportunity to build” after the Eaton fire destroyed the home previously on the site. A few weeks later came half a dozen more
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The Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles has stopped accepting new applicants for the Section 8 voucher program that subsidizes rent for tens of thousands of tenants in the city. The local authority, which is funded by the
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The city of Los Angeles is launching a new initiative to encourage the construction of starter homes on small lots, an effort to provide relatively lower-cost for-sale housing and show how Los Angeles can densify without turning into Manhattan. The
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After fires ripped through Pacific Palisades and Altadena in January, concern grew about how far the effects would spread and whether the region’s housing affordability crisis would worsen. Not only were thousands of homes destroyed, but many businesses were as
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A weak storm brought light rain to parts of the Los Angeles region Sunday morning, with the potential for high winds and thunderstorms later in the day. Following a period of unseasonably warm temperatures, cool weather and rain are returning
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Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday announced $920 million in newly available funding to help local communities clean up encampments and fight homelessness, as well as new measures he said were meant to ensure state homeless dollars are spent wisely. The
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Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday proposed a multimillion-dollar mortgage relief package for victims of recent natural disasters, including the fires that swept through Los Angeles County last month. Under the plan, which must be approved by a state board, more
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The Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday voted to boost housing development in existing high-density residential neighborhoods and along commercial corridors, while leaving single-family zones largely untouched. In a 15-0 vote, the council asked the city attorney to draft an
California voters have approved Proposition 34, a measure from an apartment trade group that aimed to restrict spending by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, which has bankrolled several rent control initiatives and criticized the measure as unconstitutional revenge. The Associated Press
