Only 10% of the units are set aside as affordable for low-income tenants, but all are currently occupied by poets. Residents will be welcome to stop by any other Treehouse in the city for coffee or drinks on the roof when they’re in the neighborhood. For Green, loneliness struck when he was on a spiritual sabbatical following the self-described failure of his lobbying efforts. “I spent several days being unable to get my mind off of a vision for this building,” Green said. AdvertisementBetween its opening in fall 2019 and the beginning of the pandemic, Treehouse had rented only a third of its rooms.

Source: Los Angeles Times December 17, 2020 12:56 UTC