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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development HUD No. 23-175HUD Public Affairs(202) 708-0685 FOR RELEASEFridayAugust 18, 2023 WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) approved requests by the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles and the Los Angeles County Development Authority to modify Housing Choice Voucher Program admissions requirements …

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by: Myja Gary Today, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and the L.A. City Council approved the acquisition of the 294-room Mayfair Hotel in Westlake, a building that will be used for homeless housing.  The purchase is an expansion of the Inside Safe program to help combat the homelessness crisis in L.A. by bringing people inside from tents and …

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ABOUT THE PROGRAM In 1986, the California Dispute Resolution Programs Act (DRPA) was signed into law. This law allows counties to fund alternative dispute resolution services from a portion of the filing fees collected for first papers in civil court actions. Currently, nine agencies are contracted with DRPA funds to train and supervise mediators in …

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Posted on 02/10/2023 LOS ANGELES – Mayor Karen Bass today issued Executive Directive 3 to maximize the use of City-owned property for temporary and permanent housing as she moves Los Angeles forward with an urgent and strategic approach to addressing the homelessness crisis. “I am making sure that the City of Los Angeles holds nothing back …

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January 23, 2023 Bianca Barragán, Southern California  With a Jan. 31 deadline looming, the Los Angeles City Council on Friday approved significant renter protections including one instituting universal just-cause eviction protections, making the city’s apartment stock the second-largest collection of regulated housing in the country. Though the momentum for these protections has picked up over the last year, it kicked into …

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Mayor Karen Bass takes questions last week after declaring a state of emergency on homelessness. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass says one of the reasons there isn’t enough housing for the homeless in the city is because of all the hurdles facing developers. It can take years to get started even if you have the funding. In Boyle Heights, the Lorena Plaza – a 49-unit housing development …

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Mayor Karen Bass’ first day in office didn’t start at City Hall but down the street at the Emergency Operations Center where, flanked by elected officials, she declared the homeless crisis a state of emergency.

That move, which will require approval of the City Council, gives her the ability to expedite the process of creating new interim housing and making a plan to get the most vulnerable Angelenos off the streets as winter weather sets in. Bass met with the general managers of city departments and challenged them to bring her solutions to make the government more efficient and responsive when addressing homelessness.

December 3, 20225:00 AM ET DANIELLE KAYE Martha Escudero in the kitchen of her home in the El Sereno neighborhood of Los Angeles, Calif. on Nov. 20, 2022. Stella Kalinina for NPR LOS ANGELES — Tenant protections in Los Angeles County that have kept families housed throughout the pandemic are set to end Dec. 31, …

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