News — public housing

Will LA start building public housing again? Proposed legislation calls on city staffers to study European models for social housing and how they might be brought to Los Angeles Government-owned housing that would serve a mix of incomes could help LA crawl out of its deepening affordability crisis, says Los Angeles City Councilmember Mike Bonin, who announced a broad package of housing legislation at City Hall today. The Westside councilmember introduced what he’s billing as a local version of the “Homes Guarantee,” a national platform advanced by progressive housing advocates and Democratic Socialists to make housing a right. “We need to be,...