Over the past week, fires have left over 30,000 people with homes destroyed, and over 100,000 people displaced. We urgently need to build more housing in low-fire-risk areas, help displaced households afford housing, and ensure that we can rebuild our communities in fire and climate-resilient ways.

 

DO YOU KNOW WHY RENTS ARE SO HIGH?

Only 1 new home per 5.55 jobs added in LA County.

To overcome many of our biggest challenges,
we need more housing.

JUSTICE

LA’s apartment bans created segregated pockets for communities of color, limiting resources and opportunities, and trapping them in neglected areas.

CLIMATE

LA’s housing shortage forces long commutes, worsening climate change. Sprawling suburbs worsen heat waves and wildfires.

AFFORDABILITY

A USC study in 2020 found many LA renters struggled to afford rent, with most cutting back on essentials and nearly half going into debt.

How we help end
the housing crisis.

RESOURCE
SHARING

We manage a library of free resources related to affordable housing, rental assistance, tenant protection, eviction defense, and zoning.

EDUCATION AND
OUTREACH

Attend housing panel discussions for deep dives into the diverse facets of housing. Learn more about LA’s housing history with our Housing 101 training.

PROJECT
ADVOCACY

Advocate for projects that bring housing and center equity in their proposals through robust tenant protections and affordable units.

TRAINING AND
EMPOWERMENT

Organize for housing in your neighborhood. We provide training, tools, and guidance.

 

 

Project Support Advocacy
Advocating and organizing for housing projects is important for Abundant Housing LA. If you have a housing project that you would like to submit to us please use this form. 

POLICIES AND
LEGISLATION

Advocate at all levels for policies and legislation that facilitate building housing. Our policy team tracks and analyzes legislation thoroughly before taking a position.

Our Work

Infill housing & land use as a tool to fight climate change

We are facing a climate crisis. To address this, we should increase the stock of multifamily housing in urban areas. Increasing urban density and adding housing willnot only reduce our emissions but also allow us to address the cost of living crisis in our cities. Advocates of climate action and advocate for housing can and must work together to tackle these intertwined crises.

Housing Advocates Call on Los Angeles Leaders to Improve City’s Housing Incentives Program

Los Angeles is in the midst of a historic housing crisis, with nearly half of households struggling to afford rent or mortgage payments, over a third of renters spending half their income on rent, and the highest rates of homelessness in the U.S.

The city’s existing multi-family zoning and recent developments are restricted by law to a small fraction of residential land in lower-resource and renter neighborhoods. The City of Los Angeles’ Citywide Housing Incentive Program (CHIP) creates the opportunity to rebalance this pattern, ensuring Angelenos can access housing they can afford in every neighborhood. Unfortunately, the CHIP maintains housing bans in single-family and high-resource areas, perpetuating inequitable land use patterns that caused the housing affordability crisis.