Lee Ohanian at the Hoover Institute has typed out a post about California’s RHNA system in an attempt to dunk on it from the right as some kind of Soviet central planning exercise. Ohanian’s piece makes a series of basic factual errors about the Housing Element update...

Every Monday, we round up the week’s biggest housing news for the Abundant Housing LA newsletter. Here in LA, the Times covered a proposal to build 800 apartments over a Costco in Baldwin Village and Steph Curry’s “I don’t want to say NIMBY, but” public comment letter...

We just finished up our review of South Pasadena’s latest housing element draft and sent our feedback to HCD and local policymakers. Unfortunately, the city continues to ignore the spirit and letter of state law; so we are encouraging HCD to refuse certification. You...

Article 34 of the California state constitution is a provision that requires new “low-rent housing projects” that are “developed, constructed, or acquired” by public bodies be authorized by a public vote. Originally passed in the 1950s, Article 34 continues to...

Abundant Housing LA’s 2022 annual report, which details our policy wins, our growth as an organization, and the new strategic plan we wrote over the past year, is out now! The report begins with a letter from AHLA Executive Director Leonora Camner, reprinted here:...

Emergency declaration is a good first step, though further action is required to address root causes LOS ANGELES, CA—Abundant Housing LA applauds Mayor Bass and the City Council’s action to remove regulatory barriers to supportive housing and shelter. We look forward...

Now that the votes are finally in, here’s an update on Abundant Housing’s endorsed candidates and ballot measures in the 2022 general election. We endorsed 30 candidates and 2 ballot measures. Both of our endorsed ballot measures—Los Angeles Measure ULA, which created...

A chart in a recent report from the LA Department of City Planning illustrated the almost five-year process to build 100% affordable housing developments, which includes more than two years just to get the permits and approvals they need from the bureaucracy: Rome was...