Deep-rooted racial residential segregation and housing discrimination have given rise to housing disparities among low-income Black young adults in the US. Most studies have focused on single dimensions of housing instability, and thus provide a partial view of how Black young adults experience multipl...
Advertisement The project was developed for the California Department of Housing and Community Development’s Century Freeway housing replenishment program by the nonprofit Watts Labor Community Action Committee and Watt/Parker Inc., Santa Monica. Rents are calculated at 30% of a family’s income, ac...
We used data from the 2017 Los Angeles County WIC Survey, a survey of a random sample of all WIC participants living in Los Angeles County. Separate multiple logistic regression analyses were conducted to examine the association of severe housing-cost burden (very difficult to pay for housing) ...
Street youth in Los Angeles. Profile of a group at high risk for human immunodeficiency virus infection OBJECTIVE: To characterize an urban street youth population, their self-reported rates of drug use, and their involvement in behaviors that put them at ris... Kipke,MD O'Connor,S Palmer,....
Where are our low-income residents going to go?” Jay Cortez, a spokesperson for City Councilmember Gil Cedillo, tells Curbed that the council office is working with Los Angeles’s housing department to negotiate “a positive solution” for residents of Hillside Villa. He did not provide more...
"But I can't because I need to be strong for my wife." The landlord could be reached for comment. According to residents, the Los Angeles Housing Department said the city will provide temporary housing for the tenants. More from CBS News Victims of deadly shooting near downtown LA smoke...
local income or cost-of-living differences. HUD uses American Community Survey data to set income limits that change across county or metropolitan area lines. For example, the poverty line is the same in Detroit as it is in Los Angeles, however, HUD's income limits vary between the two ...
Possible plans to turn freeway into low-cost housing LOS ANGELES-A new study is looking into converting oneLos Angeles Countyfreeway into a park withlow-cost housing. And the plan already has the backing of some LA officials, like MayorKaren Bass. ...
Transforming lease-purchase housing programs for low income families: Towards empowerment and engagement. Journal of Urban Affairs 18 (2): 173-88.Notes 1. The region also includes Ventura County, located north of Los Angeles, where voters adopted an urban - Balfour, Smith - 1996...
A total of 46 eligible men participated in seven focus group discussions conducted at locations operated by three collaborating community-based organizations (CBOs) in Los Angeles and a mission that provides shelter, housing, food, recovery, and other services to those in need. One CBO provides a...