Andrew Khouri covers the housing market for the Los Angeles Times. Before coming to The Times he wrote about commercial real estate for the San Fernando Valley Business Journal. He holds a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism and graduated from the University of San Diego with a degree in history.
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L.A. County’s Board of Supervisors considered a proposal Tuesday to temporarily bar landlords from evicting renters who have taken a significant financial hit from the wildfires.
Gov.Newsom proposed a $125-million mortgage relief fund for the victims of recent natural disasters, including the fires that devastated L.A. County last month.
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Housing nonprofits Yes in My Back Yard and Californians for Homeownership sued the city of Los Angeles on Thursday, alleging its plan to boost homebuilding violates state law.
The City Council voted to give final OK to a plan that aims to boost development of market rate and affordable housing. Single family zones will be largely untouched.
The Los Angeles City Council’s Housing and Homelessness Committee rejected a proposal for a rent freeze, but advanced a series of eviction protections for people economically affected by the fires. The motion now heads to the full council.
The Los Angeles city attorney’s office has filed a lawsuit against real estate firm Blueground, alleging it violated anti-price-gouging rules in place because of the fires.
The Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday approved a ban on evictions for unauthorized occupants if those extra residents were displaced by the Palisades, Eaton or other January fires.
After the L.A. fires, many homeowners face a daunting challenge of trying to rebuild and recover generational wealth they have lost.
The Palisades and Eaton fires destroyed or damaged more than 8,500 homes in an already tight housing market. Experts said the disaster will probably put upward pressure on rents in areas close to the fires, with more muted effects over time.