495,000 L.A. households are at risk of eviction, according to UCLA’s @ChallengeIneq. Not a typo.
Inequality before the pandemic created a national housing crisis. Without protections from lawmakers it’s poised to explode.
This is what that will look like.
Inequality before the pandemic created a national housing crisis. Without protections from lawmakers it’s poised to explode.
This is what that will look like.
President-Elect Biden has called for an extension of the federal eviction moratorium and increased rental assistance and funding for unhoused Americans. cnbc.com/2021/01/14/bid…
Here in Los Angeles throughout the pandemic @LATenantsUnion, @KtownforAll and others have protested evictions like the ones we saw — what law enforcement calls “pre-COVID” evictions — calling on city and county officials to issue stronger protections. latimes.com/california/sto…
This summer, we spent time with some of those activists, including @theglowingstars and @digitalurn, to learn more about how they see a direct connection between the housing fight and calls to defund the police. nbcnews.com/video/grassroo…
What happens after evictions? Homelessness, for many, which is a massive crisis of its own as we have documented for years. Here’s a report on the crisis from fall 2019, when Trump proposed rounding up unhoused residents.
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