Liam Dillon covers the issues of housing affordability and neighborhood change across California for the Los Angeles Times. He joined the newsroom in 2016 and prior to this assignment, covered state politics and policy for its Sacramento Bureau. Before coming to The Times, Dillon covered local politics in Southwest Florida and San Diego. He’s a graduate of Georgetown University and grew up outside Philadelphia.
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For more than 100 years, single-room occupancy hotels have housed thousands of people in Skid Row. Now, L.A. leaders are saying their time has passed. Some fear losing them will displace their formerly homeless residents.
A $2-billion residential and commercial development in Skid Row near the Arts District received a boost from Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday as his office fast-tracked its possible construction.
March 7, 2024
The outcome will help determine the future of Los Angeles’ handling of homelessness, policing and public safety, and efforts to make housing more affordable.
March 6, 2024
Last month, a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge issued a moratorium on building permits in Beverly Hills as punishment for the city not passing a blueprint for sufficient affordable housing.
Jan. 18, 2024
Dallas-based Invitation Homes will pay $3.7 million in civil penalties and restitution for violations of California’s tenant laws, Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta announces.
Jan. 8, 2024
An affordable housing shortage has stymied efforts to get people off the streets. The dismal state of SROs leaves L.A.’s poorest with even fewer places to go.
Dec. 28, 2023
Starting Jan. 1, California will make crime-free housing laws unenforceable, ending local rules long criticized as unfair and racially discriminatory.
Dec. 27, 2023
After Skid Row Housing Trust financially imploded earlier this year, the L.A. City Council is close to approving $40 million to stabilize 1,500 formerly homeless tenants.
Dec. 4, 2023
Inside buildings owned by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, tenants struggle with roach infestations, broken elevators and other poor living conditions.
Nov. 20, 2023
Recently, The Times has been investigating Skid Row’s troubled housing providers, digging into the failures of nonprofits such as AIDS Healthcare Foundation.
Nov. 17, 2023