Housing Headlines April 4, 2023

by | Apr 4, 2023 | Blog

It was a fairly slow week in housing news. The LA Times had a cute profile of a Chilean- and Ukrainian-American couple who built a pair of ADUs for their aging parents, an update on the Skid Row Housing Trust going bust, and a piece on how higher mortgage interest...

Housing Headlines March 28, 203

by | Mar 29, 2023 | Blog

Here in LA, a new USC study tracked the pollution impacts of driving, finding that Angelenos who drive less are exposed to more pollution. The Times ran an editorial on Mayor Bass’ homelessness record and an op ed in favor of AB 68, the AHLA-endorsed policy to stop...

Press Release: AB 1335 Passes Out of Committee

by | Mar 28, 2023 | Blog

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 27, 2023 Contact: Max Dubler / maxdubler@abundanthousingla.org Abundant Housing Bill to Align Regional Housing And Transportation Planning Moves Out Of Committee The bill will ensure housing and transportation plans’ population targets...

Abundant Housing Endorses AB 1287

by | Mar 14, 2023 | Blog

Today, Abundant Housing LA endorsed AB 1287, which strengthens the state density bonus law by allowing additional bonus density and zoning concessions for projects that incorporate certain percentages of homes affordable to moderate income households and would ensure...

AHLA Endorses Asm. Lee’s Single-Stair Reform Bill

by | Mar 3, 2023 | Blog

Abundant Housing LA is proud to endorse AB 835, Assemblymember Lee’s single-stair building reform bill. Currently the California Building Code requires apartment buildings over three stories in height to have two exit stairways. While intended to promote safety and...

Housing Headlines February 28, 2023

by | Mar 1, 2023 | Blog

Every week, we round up the biggest housing news for the AHLA newsletter (subscribe here) and share them to the blog. The biggest news here in California was the Superior Court’s ruling that UC Berkeley had failed to sufficiently analyze potential noise impacts of the...