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Housing & Homelessness

The LABC advocates for policies to expedite affordable housing and develops immediate solutions to address the homelessness crisis.

Editorial: DWP makes it expensive and time-consuming to build new housing. These new policies could help

In a city infamous for business-squelching bureaucracy, no agency is more maligned than the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. Developers who want to build housing, shopping centers or other commercial projects face steep costs and long delays in getting...
LABC Study: Major Reforms Needed to Meet L.A.’s Ambitious Housing Production Goals

LABC Study: Major Reforms Needed to Meet L.A.’s Ambitious Housing Production Goals

582,462 and Counting

582,462 and Counting

LA Business Council Urges City Council To Create New Policies That Promote More Housing

LA Business Council Urges City Council To Create New Policies That Promote More Housing

L.A.’s Ambitious 486,000-Unit Housing Production Target by 2029 Likely Unattainable Without Major Policy Changes, Business Leaders Say

L.A.’s Ambitious 486,000-Unit Housing Production Target by 2029 Likely Unattainable Without Major Policy Changes, Business Leaders Say

Call to Action: LA Business Council Urges Leaders To Break With Ineffective, Costly Homelessness Policies and Act Now To Scale Innovative, Cost-Effective Solutions

Call to Action: LA Business Council Urges Leaders To Break With Ineffective, Costly Homelessness Policies and Act Now To Scale Innovative, Cost-Effective Solutions

‘Remember that can easily be you’: Angelenos closest to the homelessness crisis urge compassion

‘Remember that can easily be you’: Angelenos closest to the homelessness crisis urge compassion

NBC LA: NewsConference: Is the Homelessness Problem Pushing People Out?

NBC LA: NewsConference: Is the Homelessness Problem Pushing People Out?

Editorial: Turns out Los Angeles voters do want denser housing in single-family neighborhoods

Editorial: Turns out Los Angeles voters do want denser housing in single-family neighborhoods

L.A.’s mayoral candidates agree homeless encampments need to go. The question is how

L.A.’s mayoral candidates agree homeless encampments need to go. The question is how

‘Gimme Shelter’: Sacramento plans to give homeless residents the right to housing

‘Gimme Shelter’: Sacramento plans to give homeless residents the right to housing

L.A. voters back a right to shelter, but are wary of taxes to pay for it, new poll finds

L.A. voters back a right to shelter, but are wary of taxes to pay for it, new poll finds

Facing housing crisis, L.A. voters back duplexes in single-family neighborhoods

Facing housing crisis, L.A. voters back duplexes in single-family neighborhoods