Housing & Development

UCLA’s cityLAB has launched a design competition where contestants can submit proposals for low-cost, easy-to-build starter homes on vacant city-owned lots.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Southern California saw its fire risk zones expand by 3.5 million acres in CalFire’s new hazard maps. Homeowners in those areas must now meet safety standards.

from KCRW Features

Dina Ament spent about four years remodeling her historic Tudor-style cottage.

Angeleno explains tough decision to sell scorched dream home in Altadena

Dina Ament spent about four years remodeling her historic Tudor-style cottage.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

LA City Councilmember Nithya Raman discusses a new scathing audit of LAHSA.

To build more housing in LA, get the city out of the way: Nithya Raman

LA City Councilmember Nithya Raman discusses a new scathing audit of LAHSA.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Housing costs are pushing school employees away from the neighborhoods where they work, creating long commutes and high turnover. LAUSD wants to build them housing nearby.

LAUSD builds for housing-insecure employees, but it’s not easy

Housing costs are pushing school employees away from the neighborhoods where they work, creating long commutes and high turnover. LAUSD wants to build them housing nearby.

from KCRW Features

A fraction of people in temporary shelters end up in permanent housing, according to CalMatters’ year-long investigation. Conditions are squalid. Fraud is rampant.

‘They're just warehousing people’: Abuse in CA homeless shelters

A fraction of people in temporary shelters end up in permanent housing, according to CalMatters’ year-long investigation. Conditions are squalid. Fraud is rampant.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Instrumentalist and audio engineer Daniel Ramirez lost his family’s rental home in the Eaton Fire.

Meaning of home and community: Lessons from Eaton Fire survivor

Instrumentalist and audio engineer Daniel Ramirez lost his family’s rental home in the Eaton Fire.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Hollywood Forever Cemetary’s new, five-story-tall mausoleum will be able to store the remains of tens of thousands of people.

Hollywood Forever’s new mausoleum is for both the dead and the living

Hollywood Forever Cemetary’s new, five-story-tall mausoleum will be able to store the remains of tens of thousands of people.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

After the 2018 Woolsey Fire destroyed Gary Scott’s Malibou Lake home, he rebuilt a smaller and more fireproof house on the same land.

After Woolsey Fire, this music composer built his dream house

After the 2018 Woolsey Fire destroyed Gary Scott’s Malibou Lake home, he rebuilt a smaller and more fireproof house on the same land.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

We must rethink city planning and development following the LA fires, says UCLA Professor Alex Hall, who advises building homes away from wildlands.

We all pay for future disasters via taxes, insurance rates. How to minimize?

We must rethink city planning and development following the LA fires, says UCLA Professor Alex Hall, who advises building homes away from wildlands.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Architectural historian Erik Ghenoiu and his architect wife made their home more fire-resistant, and they were active in community fire mitigation efforts.

Architectural historian lost his Altadena home. How will he rebuild?

Architectural historian Erik Ghenoiu and his architect wife made their home more fire-resistant, and they were active in community fire mitigation efforts.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

LA City Councilmember Traci Park represents Pacific Palisades and has introduced a suite of legislation to respond to last week’s devastating wildfires and protect affected residents.

Traci Park on fire cleanup timeline, investigations, recovery legislation

LA City Councilmember Traci Park represents Pacific Palisades and has introduced a suite of legislation to respond to last week’s devastating wildfires and protect affected residents.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

As thousands of fire victims flood LA’s tight rental market, prices rise and some consider whether they can stay in LA.

Displaced Angelenos enter LA’s rental market, face skyrocketing rents

As thousands of fire victims flood LA’s tight rental market, prices rise and some consider whether they can stay in LA.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara addresses challenges facing homeowners affected by the wildfires, the FAIR Plan, and future of insurance.

CA insurance commissioner offers advice for residents affected by fires

California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara addresses challenges facing homeowners affected by the wildfires, the FAIR Plan, and future of insurance.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

The City Council voted unanimously to approve new housing development in LA’s dense corridors, but critics say more units are needed in single-family neighborhoods.

LA approves new dense housing, but not in single-family zones

The City Council voted unanimously to approve new housing development in LA’s dense corridors, but critics say more units are needed in single-family neighborhoods.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Small business owners and renters are trying to prevent demolition of their Boyle Heights building — by arguing that solving the housing crisis shouldn’t worsen gentrification.

Can gentrification fears stop teardown? Tenants hope so

Small business owners and renters are trying to prevent demolition of their Boyle Heights building — by arguing that solving the housing crisis shouldn’t worsen gentrification.

from KCRW Features

A 1.3 mile stretch of Crenshaw Boulevard is supposed to be a future hub of Black arts and culture in LA. Residents are torn over what it’ll do to the neighborhood’s legacy and future.

Destination Crenshaw: A new cultural hub or an erasure of Black culture?

A 1.3 mile stretch of Crenshaw Boulevard is supposed to be a future hub of Black arts and culture in LA. Residents are torn over what it’ll do to the neighborhood’s legacy and future.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Lola Milholland discusses how community living can help us develop life skills and flex our generosity muscle.

Group living is a recipe for generosity and gratitude, says Lola Milholland

Lola Milholland discusses how community living can help us develop life skills and flex our generosity muscle.

from Good Food

Prop 34 – sponsored by the California Apartment Association – looks like health care reform, but it’s crafted to stop one nonprofit from spending on politics.

Confused on Prop 34? It’s about the politics of rent control

Prop 34 – sponsored by the California Apartment Association – looks like health care reform, but it’s crafted to stop one nonprofit from spending on politics.

from KCRW Features

Prop 33 would expand rent control. Prop 34 focuses on health care reform.

Election 2024: Your guide to CA Props 33, 34

Prop 33 would expand rent control. Prop 34 focuses on health care reform.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand