Category Archives: Housing Assistance
- 25-1-2017
Affordable Housing Coalition Strongly Opposes Measure S Ballot measure threatens recent progress on affordable and homeless housing
Today, 22 affordable housing, tenant’s rights and environmental organizations issued the following statement: We are a coalition of housing rights advocates and community groups representing low-income residents in Los Angeles. We work day in and day out to make Los Angeles a city where all people have access to quality, stable housing and the ability Continue Reading
- 16-11-2016
TENANTS, COMMUNITY LEADERS & LABOR RALLY FOR TOUGHER REGULATION OF AIRBNB AND SHORT-TERM RENTALS TO PROTECT AFFORDABLE HOUSING
On the eve of Airbnb Open, dozens of tenants and housing advocates call on L.A. City Council to pass new legislation cracking down on illegal short-term rentals Coalition releases new video – “Los Angeles Is NOT For Sale” – and launch digital media campaign highlighting Airbnb’s negative impact on the local housing market LOS ANGELES Continue Reading
- 28-10-2016
East Hollywood Community Forum on the 2016 Elections
- 16-6-2016
As we’re heading into a crucial hearing in City Hall on June 23rd on the Airbnb ordinance which will ban all short term rentals in rent control units since it is actually illegal but thus far, has been unenforceable and causing a lot of displacement of low income renters, the Daily News and Daily Breeze Continue Reading
- 16-5-2016
Nearly 100,000 Signatures for Build Better LA Ballot Measure Delivered to LA City Clerk for Approval
Yesterday, over 100 members of the Build Better LA Coalition, including construction trades workers, residents, housing advocates, and developers held a press conference to announce the collection of nearly 100,000 signatures from City of Los Angeles residents who support the Build Better LA initiative going on the November 2016 ballot. A group of workers delivered Continue Reading
- 11-5-2016
Low-Income Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) Respond to Threat of Displacement in Neighborhoods across the Country, Calling for a National Response
AAPI Coalitions release report that illuminates local anti-displacement strategies and shares federal policy recommendations. The National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development (National CAPACD) and the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement (CNHA) released Our Neighborhoods: Asian American & Pacific Islander Anti-Displacement Strategies at their report launch today. This timely report highlights twenty-four innovative strategies Continue Reading
- 20-4-2016
On 3rd Annual “Renters’ Day,” Housing Committee Hears from Impacted Tenants; Considers Strategies to Lower Rent Burden and Prevent Displacement
Councilmember Gil Cedillo joined over 150 low-income renters and advocates at rally today on City in honor of the 3rd annual Renters Day. Following the rally, members of the Housing Committee, Chaired by Councilmember Cedillo, heard testimony from housing experts, including impacted tenants, who described in detail the impact that rising rents and the threat Continue Reading
- 24-3-2016
City Council Responds to Renters Call for Action
Yesterday the LA City Council voted 11-0 for the creation of a Quality Repairs pilot program that will prevent and better address substandard housing conditions, preserve our RSO housing stock and improve the overall health of tenants across this City. It was significant tenant and housing victory. The program aims to prevent shoddy or cosmetic Continue Reading
- 15-7-2015
Thai Community Development Center Joins Other Housing Rights Advocates to Demand Protections of Long-term Renters and Affordable Housing from Airbnb Short-Term Rentals
Together with other housing rights advocates, Chanchanit Martorell, Thai CDC Executive Director, stood in front of a beautiful late 1920 era building on Cherokee Avenue reminiscent of Hollywood glamour and now own by Lance Robbins who is allowing Airbnb to use the units as short term rentals, and spoke at a press conference urging more Continue Reading
- 22-4-2015
As Housing Crisis Ensues, LA City Council Hears and Passes 2 Policy Solutions. Councilmember Cedillo Responds to Renters’ Call for Action
As the housing affordability crisis continues to reach staggering proportions across the city, more than 300 low-income renters and advocates will converge on the south lawn steps of City Hall to support new policy action. Last year the Renters’ Day LA movement sought to establish an annual call to action, to city councilmembers and renters Continue Reading