Top Headlines
In repealing a rule meant to integrate neighborhoods, President Trump is relying on outdated and false stereotypes of suburban life.
-
A judge ordered officials to provide space in shelters or alternative housing for homeless residents living near freeways. But where will they go?
-
Southern California home sales have risen sharply since the spring lockdown orders, but sales are still below year-ago levels.
-
Black Americans struggled with unaffordable housing before the coronavirus crisis and now face heightened risk of homelessness as the economy turns.
-
Unemployment insurance is helping many pay the rent during the COVID-19 pandemic, but those benefits may soon expire, triggering a wave of evictions.
-
If you’re having second thoughts about a dorm room or off-campus apartment you signed up for, you may have options. Here are ways to potentially get out of your lease or cancel your contract.
Two people were arrested for manufacturing and selling drugs at a hotel used to house homeless people who are at risk for contracting COVID-19.
The death of a promising young skateboarder fits a surprising pattern: Increasingly, homeless people in L.A. and its environs are dying by hanging.
California’s legislative leaders want more time before a state court-imposed eviction ban is lifted amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Housing advocates fear that they could see a wave of evictions in the coming months, as states end moratoriums put in place during the coronavirus outbreak.
Coronavirus Resources
-
Finding a rental in L.A. was hard enough before the global pandemic. Here’s a guide to how to search and move in Southern California, and stay safe.
-
Many homeowners who delay mortgage payments through forbearance plans will be allowed to make missed payments when the home is sold or the loan term is over.
-
Mortgage companies are letting home owners with coronavirus-related financial hardships delay payments, but the process is confusing
-
Renters in unincorporated L.A. County now have new tools to prevent eviction following a vote by the Board of Supervisors in response to the coronavirus.
Legislation and Policy
-
Neither home prices nor rents have gone down significantly in California despite double-digit unemployment.
-
Gov. Gavin Newsom warns that he plans to announce new coronavirus restrictions ahead of the July 4 weekend in California as community spread grows.
-
Nearly 50,000 low-income families in Los Angeles could receive rent relief under a new program approved by the City Council on Tuesday.
-
A Times analysis shows that LA landlords are attempting to evict tenants despite rules barring such actions during the novel coronavirus pandemic.
-
In repealing a rule meant to integrate neighborhoods, President Trump is relying on outdated and false stereotypes of suburban life.
-
Neither home prices nor rents have gone down significantly in California despite double-digit unemployment.
-
Passed in 1950, Article 34 of the California Constitution requires a public vote before the building of public housing.
-
If you live in an apartment complex and catch the coronavirus, you should tell people you’ve been in close contact with.
Times Columnists
-
When a man loses his job and becomes homeless, a couple fostering his dog lends a hand.
-
City Beat: When homeless people lose their possessions, they end up further from leaving the streets
City Beat: When homeless people lose their possessions, they end up further from leaving the streets
In life on the street, your things offer a sense of solace, and losing them — whether by theft or by city cleanup — can be a devastating setback.
-
The “We the Unhoused” podcast documents homelessness from the perspective of a homeless person. Such stories are vitally important.
More Housing and Homelessness News
-
Leland “Hobo” Goodsell and his dog, Dreamer, were a familiar sight in Goleta. He died of COVID-19 in April.
-
One homeless man’s four-month wait for an apartment, while it lay vacant, reflects a persistent failing of L.A.'s countywide system to get homeless people into housing — an especially critical need during the coronavirus pandemic.
-
A New York Times reporter who covers online culture is relocating to Los Angeles, and she needs your advice.
-
The average for a 30-year fixed loan fell to 2.98%, the lowest in almost 50 years, slipping below a psychological level that could fuel housing demand.
-
Los Angeles on Monday will launch a five-day application period for a rent relief program aimed at helping tenants during the coronavirus pandemic.
-
A federal judge ordered the city and county to provide beds and services for people. But options are scarce, and warehousing them in large congregate settings is the worst option. Outdoor camping is no better.
-
More than six months after Mayor Eric Garcetti predicted that a new housing project for homeless people would open every three weeks, there has been only one other opening to celebrate. The coronavirus pandemic is one reason for the delay -- but only one.
-
Consumer groups are raising concern over a potential foreclosure wave tied to PACE home improvement loans.
-
Homelessness is a rare misfortune in Taiwan, but still a struggle. “I have nothing,” says one man. “I’m worried about starving.”
-
Even as the COVID-19 pandemic is slashing statewide tax revenues, officials Tuesday unveiled an $800-million plan to house Los Angeles County’s homeless people who are most vulnerable to the disease caused by the virus.
Ask us a question
Special Reports
-
It costs more to build low-income housing in California than anywhere else in the U.S., and the coronavirus pandemic is likely to make matters worse.
-
At 76, Judge David Carter knows he shouldn’t be on skid row exposing himself to the coronavirus. But he wants more for L.A.'s homeless people.
-
California’s push for density, supporting policies to encourage using transit and building housing near job centers, has a new enemy: the coronavirus.
The stories shaping California
Get up to speed with our Essential California newsletter, sent six days a week.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.
Opinion
-
Homeless numbers are up. We need rental assistance, evictions stopped, and more housing now.
-
It’s awful that homeless people live near freeways but a judge doesn’t get to house them first.
-
Hotels need to take in homeless people if they don’t want the coronavirus to spread.
