Housing, Equity and Community Series 2017-2018 THE SOUTH LA HOME OWNERSHIP CRISIS Discrimination in the housing market was legal in California until the 1968 Federal Fair Housing Act, which finally upheld the state’s frustrated efforts to legislate equal access in 1963. Legalized discrimination and segregation led to highly unequal housing outcomes between
Transportation is a Women’s Issue II A GENDERED PLANNING MISMATCH How do discussions and plans for the future of transportation and new innovative mobility services account for women’s travel patterns? Women tend to commute shorter distances and conduct more household serving trips than their male counterparts. This gender gap exists even in
Housing, Equity and Community Series 2017-2018 PROTECTING RENTERS: DISCUSSIONS OF RENT CONTROL, STABILIZATION AND EVICTIONS California’s housing crisis is hitting renters hard. With rents fast increasing in Los Angeles, many people are scared. Whether they fear rent increases that push housing costs out of reach or being scared that improvements to the
