Thread by @nithyavraman

If there's one thing LA desperately needs, it's affordable housing.

Today, we're releasing a comprehensive report on how it gets built, what slows it down, and how we can make the system work better.

Join us on a trip through the process! (thread) nithyaforthecity.com/affordable-hou…

In recent studies, more than 60% of renter households in LA were considered rent-burdened (meaning they spend more than 30% of their income on rent), and the county faced a deficit of more than 500,000 affordable units.

That was before the pandemic.

Funding, siting, and building affordable housing in LA is extremely difficult. It’s a maze of approvals and applications, on razor-thin margins. Often, affordable projects lose out to more expensive ones.

How can we prioritize the kind of housing we need the most?

Our report takes you through the entire process of getting affordable housing built, from choosing a site to completing construction.

We tried to make it as accessible as possible! I hope it offers readers better understanding of how housing works in LA.

Like all of our policy platforms, our affordable housing report was developed with the tireless work of an amazing team of volunteer writers and researchers, many of whom have significant experience in the field.

We’re so lucky they were willing to lend us their brainpower.

This is one of the campaign projects I’m most proud of. If we all have more clarity on how affordable housing gets built, we can all be better advocates for building it.

I hope you’ll read it and let us know what you think! nithyaforthecity.com/affordable-hou…