Affordability, Livability & Sustainability

You’re Invited – Join us for our Housing Innovation Panel this Thursday!

We hope to see you there, please register using the link inside.     J O I N     |     D O N A T E    | [...]

Meet the Lucky Thirteen

Housing reformers have a complicated relationship with the California Legislature, arguably the nation’s second-most powerful legislative body after the United States Congress. Over the past five years, many of our state legislators have recognized that housing affordability and homelessness are statewide problems that require statewide solutions. Recent legislation, like Governor Jerry Brown’s “15 good bills” […]

Los Angeles is experiencing an eviction crisis

Help AHLA support the right to counsel in housing court.    J O I N     |     D O N A T E    |    V O L U N T E E R  Action Alert: support AB 1487 and the right to legal counsel in housing[...]

Our First State Bill

It’s no secret that California is very bad at building enough homes for its people. But California is great at building lots of homes…for cars. This is because most cities require new homes, stores, and offices to provide on-site parking spaces. Typically, apartments must include one or two parking spots per home, and commercial properties […]

It’s time to end exclusionary zoning

This week’s action alert is calling for an end to exclusionary zoning.     J O I N     |     D O N A T E    |    V O L U N T E E R  Action Alert: End Exclusionary Zoning Eighty percent. That’s the amount[...]

L.A.’s Tenant-Anti Harassment Ordinance: What You Need to Know

The harassment of tenants by unscrupulous landlords is a growing problem in Los Angeles. Although most evictions are banned right now due to the COVID-19 pandemic, housing advocates have reported increasing cases of landlords agitating or abusing their tenants in order to force them to vacate their residences. While[...]

Chicago’s Equitable Transit-Oriented Development Plan and its Lessons for L.A.

In the latest edition of our series, “Housing Across America”, we venture to Chicago to explore the city’s Transit Oriented Development (TOD) policy plan and its goal of encouraging[...]

🙋 Register for our event this Wednesday and send support for pro-housing legislation!

This week, read about important state housing legislation you can support    J O I N     |     D O N A T E    |    V[...]