World & Nation
Aid: New plans seek to mix middle-income families with those less well-off. Idea of ‘warehouse for the poor’ is losing ground, lawmaker says.
July 27, 1997
Housing & Homelessness
Voters will choose whether to remove an anti-public housing provision in the state Constitution in 2024
Sept. 2, 2022
Booster Shots
This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links.
June 16, 2010
Politics
Because of differences in the way low-income housing is addressed state by state, proposed cuts have set off a West Coast-East Coast tug of war.
Oct. 26, 2021
Jose Guevara figured his chances of ever owning a house were about zero.
May 10, 1988
Officials are to vote on razing the remaining low-income units for more revitalization. Some are concerned.
Jan. 21, 2008
Opinion
Advocates need money to fund a campaign to repeal a provision in California’s Constitution that makes it harder to build affordable housing.
March 14, 2022
In a public housing project apartment converted to classrooms, Margaret Love, 72, and three neighbors gather for last-minute instruction in something they never thought of doing--running a big business.
March 20, 1989
California
The rule has stymied low-income home construction in California for decades, including a decision to abandon public housing in Los Angeles’ Chavez Ravine neighborhood and build Dodger Stadium instead.
Fifty years ago Congress passed the National Housing Act, a landmark piece of legislation that was the beginning of the country’s low-rent public-housing program.
Aug. 17, 1987