‘Not Sustainable’: High Insurance Costs Threaten Affordable Housing nytimes.com/2024/06/07/us/…

Editorial: California's next affordable housing crisis is the rising cost of property insurance latimes.com/opinion/story/…

New Los Angeles Times editorial highlights extreme insurance rate increases facing affordable housing providers & the risk it poses to our progress addressing homelessness. Feat. our recent coalition letter to Congress & Admin🔗bit.ly/4aXGgEH cc: SCANPH latimes.com/opinion/story/…

The decision to exempt single-family zones from rezoning plans in L.A. perpetuates unfair land use patterns, a coalition led by Inner City Law Center, Abundant Housing LA, and SCANPH wrote in a letter to city leaders. #housingpolicy #housingnews latimes.com/opinion/story/…

LA County has finished counting all the signatures we collected in support of affordable housing and mental healthcare. The Affordable Housing, Homelessness Solutions and Prevention Now Measure now has enough signatures to be placed on November's ballot 🎉 buff.ly/3XpstUk

We are pleased to announce two new job opportunities within our Policy team. Want to join our team or know of any individuals who would be perfect for the role? Share these listings with them! More info can be found here: buff.ly/3W5ubsM

The Rezoning Program is our biggest opportunity to shape LA’s housing future. Conservatives are mobilizing to keep LA as retrograde as possible. Plug in. Here’s what we’re fighting for: (1/3)

We’re recommending 15 amendments to the current draft ordinances that, taken together, prevent displacement, promote deeper affordability, strengthen environmental justice, and protect tenants. You can read the specific proposals here: go.act-la.org/CHIPletter

Click go.act-la.org/chip to add a calendar item for next Thursday’s hearing on the current ordinance draft. We’ll update it with action alerts, toolkits, and more information. Tell a friend. Plug in.

As part of our work on LA City's Citywide Housing Incentive Program, SCANPH is collaborating with its partners in the ACT LA Coalition on these proposals. City Planning is hosting a webinar to collect further input on July 25th! See the post for details.

LA is revising several ordinances that will shape LA’s housing future for at least a decade. LA can, right now, write rules that would strengthen renter protections overnight. The Resident Protection Ordinance is up for hearing Thursday night. Plug in: go.act-la.org/CHIP

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SCANPH Member Tara Barauskas highlights the urgent need for LA's citywide rezoning to meet state housing goals and address homelessness. 🏘️ Learn more about the plan to transform single-family zones laist.com/news/housing-h…

We cannot tackle the housing and homelessness crisis without opening up exclusionary neighborhoods. SCANPH urges the city to apply development incentives in every area of LA, including single-family zones, especially in high-resource areas. laist.com/news/housing-h…

Join SCANPH & partners for the 54th Assembly District Candidate Forum! We'll tackle affordable housing & homelessness as we approach the November election. Hear from local candidates, enjoy small bites & drinks. RSVP required. Register here: buff.ly/477m4zT

✅ More housing people can afford ✅ More mental health care ✅ More accountability ✅ More services to prevent homelessness Measure A lays out specific goals that have to be met, with independent oversight and audits to ensure progress.

Join us and learn more about our coalition: Learn more: yesona.la #YesOnA

Launch Event for #YesOnMeasureA was a success! 🎉 Our Advocacy and Organizing team, along with members of the Residents United Network, and our coalition partners came together to support Measure A. Let’s keep up the momentum and Vote Yes on Measure A on November 5th!