Housing & Homelessness

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State lawmakers are set to vote on a bill that aims to give Los Angeles until fall 2024 to rezone the city for a quarter-million new homes.

Affordable housing in California now routinely tops $1 million per apartment to build
Help is now available for more Californians who are behind on their mortgages
His crusade to house L.A.’s poor praised by Oprah Winfrey, Garcetti. But others have doubts
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Foreign graduate students can’t afford to live in California
‘Gimme Shelter’: Will Newsom’s big homelessness plan work?

With a new left rising in L.A., can Karen Bass win over backers of activist Gina Viola?
L.A. on the Record: The long slog ahead
Would endorsements from Biden, Harris or Obama matter in the L.A. mayor’s race?

Fear over crime and homelessness in California paid off in some primaries. Will it carry over to November?
Skid row residents show up to vote in primary election
Your guide to 2022 L.A elections: Homelessness, housing, crime and other big issues

Home sellers are cutting list prices as more buyers take pause: ‘The market is not the same’
New California home buyers could soon get government cash for down payment
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Finding a place to rent in Los Angeles has become a competitive sport

‘The Dreamer’ dispenses haircuts and healing for homeless people and veterans
Column: Did you strike gold selling your house? Maybe you should share the wealth
Column: Karen Bass wants to end homelessness. Are know-how and connections enough?

Opinion

Editorial: We desperately need affordable housing in L.A. This bill will help us get it
California

How brother of a 9/11 firefighter is helping house West L.A. homeless veterans
Business

They didn’t get their security deposits back. Now a big L.A. landlord agrees to pay $12.5 million
World & Nation

‘Not safe anymore’: Portland confronts the limits of its support for homeless services
World & Nation

Sweltering streets: Hundreds of homeless die in extreme heat each year
California

California bill would give $1,000 a month in short-term guaranteed income to homeless high school seniors
California

Councilman calls on Times owner to reopen empty hospital to care for homeless people
California

UC San Diego undergoes historic expansion fueled by chancellor’s big bucks and big ideas
California

Some L.A. homeless camps cleared as world leaders arrived for Summit of the Americas
California

Housing, homelessness and police dominate a race for City Council in Hollywood
California

Man killed near homeless encampment in Lincoln Heights
California

L.A. City Council seeks to ban homeless encampments near every school, daycare center

Buying a home for the first time is one of life’s sweet milestones.

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Why do so many L.A. apartments come without fridges? Inside the chilling mystery
Everyone has an idea for solving homelessness. What if we listened to the unhoused?

Profiles of people living in homeless encampments. It’s rarely what you’d expect
Editorial: Turn golf courses into housing? We’re desperate enough that it should be on the table