Robin Urevich

2 months ago | laist.com | Robin Urevich

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2 months ago | laist.com | Robin Urevich

Last month, the Los Angeles City Council voted to crack down on a practice that councilmembers say is adding to the strain on the city’s housing supply: landlords turning homes — including rent-controlled apartments — into illegal tourist accommodations or party houses. The move comes in the wake of the devastating Eaton and Palisades fires that destroyed thousands of homes and thrust fire victims into an already tight rental market in search of affordable accommodations.

2 months ago | capitalandmain.com | Robin Urevich

With the Olympics approaching and housing in short supply after recent fires, the city is moving to crack down on illegal rentals.

2 months ago | prospect.org | Robin Urevich

This article was produced by Capital & Main, an award-winning publication that reports from California on economic, political, and social issues. It is co-published here with permission. In late February, the federal government abruptly cut funding to dozens of organizations that fight housing discrimination across the country, threatening their survival and dealing a setback to civil rights enforcement efforts in the United States, fair housing advocates say.

2 months ago | laprogressive.com | Robin Urevich |Rob Maurer

The termination of grants to dozens of fair housing organizations threatens enforcement of the Fair Housing Act. In late February, the federal government abruptly cut funding to dozens of organizations that fight housing discrimination across the country, threatening their survival and dealing a setback to civil rights enforcement efforts in the United States, fair housing advocates say.