By Tara Siegel Bernard and Karl Russell, NY Times
Examine the typical American family’s monthly budget, line by line, and a larger story emerges about how the middle class has evolved. Read Full Article >>
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LAist
In 2005, after a lifetime of intermittent homelessness, drugs and abuse, Dorothy Edwards thought she'd finally pulled her life together: She'd landed a waitress job and an apartment of her own… Read Full Article >>
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By Degen Pener, The Hollywood Reporter
Call them YIMBYs, the progressive industry insiders who are welcoming "unhoused" men and women of Los Angeles with open arms: "We want them to be housed, ideally in our neighborhood." Read Full Article >>
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By Stephen Siciliano, Pasadena Now
Knowing peoples’ stories humanizes them. That is the driving idea behind United Way of Greater Los Angeles’ upcoming “Stories from the Frontline” event in Pasadena this week. Read Full Article >>
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Park LaBrea News Beverly Press
Landlords from throughout Los Angeles County recently attended a HouseLA event to learn about programs that offer financial incentives for joining public-private partnerships to address the homelessness crisis. Read Full Article >>
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By Elizabeth Fuller, Larchmont Buzz
Three new tools/reports we discovered this week, which will come in very handy for discussions of planning, zoning and housing issues. Read Full Article >>
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By Emily Alpert Reyes, LA Times
Housing for homeless people? In Chatsworth? Jason Brackett isn’t holding his breath. Read Full Article >>
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By Jean Hopfensperger, Star Tribune
Pastor Paul Marzahn finds a mission matching empty buildings and congregations. Read Full Article >>
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By Dana Goodyear, The New Yorker
Proposals to erect housing for the homeless often incite panic in gentrifying neighborhoods, but converting garages into habitable dwellings could be a harmonious solution. Read Full Article >>
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By Joe Linton, StreetsBlog LA
This downtown warehouse is planned to be partially converted to host 115 emergency beds to house area homeless. Read Full Article >>
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By Matthew Yglesias, Vox
Addressing housing directly is cheaper than relying on cops and emergency rooms. Read Full Article >>
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By David Whiting, OC County Register
There is a large map on a large computer screen on Daryl Carter’s desk that shows his company’s portfolio of nearly 10,000 apartments that stretch from the shores of California to the New York waters. Read Full Article >>
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