But increasingly, the crisis in Los Angeles today is about a less visible (but more numerous) group of “economically homeless” people. In 2006, Los Angeles voters rejected a $1-billion bond to create 10,000 residential units for low-income and homeless people, thus exacerbating the housing shortage. (Los Angeles Times)To end the housing shortage that is driving rents to unaffordable levels, Los Angeles County and its cities have to allow construction. The economically homeless need something else: affordable housing that offers below-market rents for low-income people. Los Angeles TimesNadia notes that it is not laziness or drinking or drug abuse that’s plunging so many people into homelessness.

Source: Los Angeles Times February 26, 2018 12:11 UTC