27 Jun Streetsblog Los Angeles Reviews Community Corp and the State of Affordable Housing in Los Angeles

Earlier this month, the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority’s report showed the dramatic rise in the number of people experiencing homelessness in Los Angeles City and County. There is no shortage of pundits assigning blame for escalating homelessness. But the bigger question is what can be done to curb the backlash politics that make it so difficult to build housing needed for people without homes.

Affordable housing is one of the politically easier solutions to implement, but even so it can still be controversial in communities where new developments are proposed and built.

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