L.A.’s Rent Stabilization Ordinance offers protection for low-income tenants; however, these units are increasingly targeted for demolition. This study tracks RSO demolitions and replacement unit development between 2007 and 2024.
This brief aims to understand and share stories of California's unsheltered population, specifically why they choose to live where they do.
Addressing a gap in understanding the mobility of homeless populations, this research looks into the primary determinants of movement between counties for individuals experiencing homelessness in California.
This research examines the demolition of units under the Rent Stabilization Ordinance (RSO) in the City of Los Angeles, and analyzes their replacement through policy programs that incentivize housing development.
This report explores how Los Angeles can implement a sustainable, equity-driven social housing program under Measure ULA’s Alternative Models program, by examining policy and statutory frameworks and U.S. and European case studies.
Using the Fair Housing Land Use Score, we analyzed site distribution across four opportunity indices: median household income, environmental quality, percent white residents, and transportation access.
The state of California implements the Regional Housing Needs Assessment program as the central pillar of its statewide housing policy, the Housing Element Law. It determines “fair share” allocations of a region’s forecasted growth in households for each city and county, and directs local jurisdictions to accommodate the allocations in its general plans and zoning capacity.
This report examines the socioeconomic changes in South Los Angeles since the Sixties to shed light on what, if any, progress has been made toward addressing issues of access, equity, and justice.
Is Los Angeles cannibalizing its affordable rental housing to make way for market-rate and luxury apartments? We looked at records for new multifamily development in Los Angeles to determine what was demolished to build new housing.
Can repealing Proposition U help Los Angeles make room for thousands of additional housing units near transit and alleviate development pressure on current residential neighborhoods?
