Housing NOW!

Housing NOW! has been a member of Linktree for 1 year and joined in October 2024. The social media accounts linked to from Housing NOW! are: • YouTube • X Besides social media accounts, housingnowca has populated their site with: • How you can help the incarcerated firefighters battling L.A. wildfires • Stat: Average monthly rent in CA is $2800 • Stat: More than half of CA renters are rent-burdened • Will we ever get enough housing? The future holds promise • L.A. is under the gun to add housing units. The hard part? Where and how many • Alameda County has the Bay Area’s third-highest eviction rate • Californians find cheap housing, less traffic, happiness in Tulsa - Los Angeles Times • Central Valley homeowners are watching property values sink with the land • From Seattle to Atlanta, new social housing programs seek to make homes permanently affordable for a range of incomes • In St. Louis, Artist Housing Opens Up Homeownership Opportunities • Another rich town stares down the California housing department • Opinion | New CA studies give lowdown on sky-high living costs • L.A. City Council passes ordinance to streamline affordable housing - Los Angeles Times • Boston turns empty offices into 1,500 homes, San Francisco hasn't • L.A. wanted to dismantle homeless RVs. A judge just shut that down - Los Angeles Times • Under L.A. mayor's $300-million homeless program, 40% have returned to the street - Los Angeles Times • CityWatch LA - The Citywide Devastation of the Ellis Act in Los Angeles • California governor candidates on housing affordability. • Vacant commercial spaces hold the answer to affordable housing • With limited dollars, this East Bay city asks how it can make the biggest impact on affordable housing – The Mercury News • LA County declares housing insecurity a public health crisis | LAist • More homes are entering SF’s pipeline. Are they getting built? • How to get up to $19,000 in income support through city program • Renters use 'rent now, pay later' services to manage monthly payments, but fees raise concerns - Los Angeles Times • Q&A: How research aims to improve bad housing data • Cities scramble to comply with or fight major state housing law - CalMatters • Opinion | California fights homelessness in the dark • This Bay Area affordable housing project is finally rising. The real test is what comes next • California governor candidates race to claim pro-housing mantle • A plan to cut a state tax is going to voters. Why LA’s ‘mansion tax’ is at the center of it • Congress is finally tackling the housing crisis. What will it mean for California? • Staggering number of Los Angeles renters consider drastic action over city’s insane housing costs • Affordability rises for California homebuyers but gaps remain for Blacks, Hispanics – Orange County Register • America's twin scarcities: 4-million-unit shortage in housing and childcare is breaking families | Fortune • California Bill Ending Tax Break for Corporate Landlords Fails to Advance | KQED • California governor candidates' views housing and homelessness - Los Angeles Times • MSN • Did Newsom’s $3.8 billion hotels-to-housing program pay off? | LAist • Here’s How the Candidates for Governor Would Make California More Affordable | KQED • Los Angeles releases searchable list of worst rental properties | KTLA • New LA eviction rule • California Dream Fades as High Housing Costs Prompt Exodus | Real Estate News & Insights | realtor.com® • Why California housing costs remain high despite new homes | Sacramento Bee • IMPACT REPORT 2025 • Client Challenge • Eagle Rock's Read Books launched revolt against Los Angeles landlords - Los Angeles Times • Airport to housing? • Read California wildfire housing impact • California Gubernatorial Candidates Try to Distinguish Themselves on Housing Policies | KQED • How Much Can Rent Legally Increase in California in 2026? What Renters Need to Know • Univision Town Hall: Inmigración, ICE, vivienda y más: así respondieron los candidatos a gobernador de California • LA City Council committee sidelines ballot measure to cut ‘mansion tax’ rate | LAist • AI Boom Sends San Francisco Housing Prices Soaring, With Rents Rivaling NYC - Bloomberg • Why homelessness is so bad in the Bay Area • Read california renter law update • This supervisor wants landlords to stop charging tenants ‘hidden rent’ • New point in time count shows homelessness declined in California- CalMatters • Thousands are leaving Los Angeles year after year. This is why we still have a housing crunch - Los Angeles Times • Tell HUD: Protect the Equal Access Rule! | A4TE • Webinar 6/17: Trump Wants to Weaken Trans & Queer Housing Rights • Has Adding More Homes Than People Eased California’s Housing Crisis? - Public Policy Institute of California • Will the AI boom in SF cause another housing crisis in Oakland? • A long-stalled Venice affordable housing project could be moving forward - Los Angeles Times • LA homeless agency has been underspending tens of millions of dollars allocated to it | LAist • Opinion | CA's top-ranked economy also among most unequal in US • What happened to Newsom pledge on investors buying CA homes? | Sacramento Bee • A gentrification battle in Boyle Heights over a proposed tax to clean streets - Los Angeles Times • Coalitions Are Advancing Community Ownership of Housing — Shelterforce Shelterforce • Housing Now! Website • LA’s Wildfires Threaten Almost 40 Prisons and Jails. Here’s How They’re Responding. • California Lawmakers Propose $11.25 Billion Bond to Confront Housing Crisis - Davis Vanguard • 1.4M of the nation's poorest renters risk losing their homes with Trump's proposed HUD time limit • Newsom releases new budget proposal