Housing

The proposed deal has some eviction protection provisions for tenants, but no rent forgiveness. Proponents of the bill insist that it’s a stopgap measure meant to help Californians in need until — they hope — federal aid comes through.

On this episode of "Gimme Shelter: The California Housing Crisis Podcast", CalMatters' Matt Levin and the Los Angeles Times' Liam Dillon interview Rep. Maxine Waters.

The governor, lawmakers and interest groups confront thorny questions in mad dash to prevent “eviction wave.”

A loophole in the state eviction moratorium forces hundreds from their homes after shelter-in-place orders. Without clear state orders, sheriff departments decide whether to evict.

On this episode of "Gimme Shelter" CalMatters' Matt Levin and the Los Angeles Times' Liam Dillon discuss President Trump's ominous tweets about low-income housing and the suburbs.

Virus hot spot Imperial County went forward with eviction proceedings barred by the state judicial system.

Nearly 275,000 Black Californians have left high-cost cities, often for safer, suburban enclaves. Familiar obstacles follow.

Gimme Shelter: The California Housing Crisis Pod · Why the housing market isn’t tanking, with Zillow’s Skylar Olsen Please subscribe to the Gimme Shelter podcast on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Soundcloud, Google Play, Spotify or Overcast. It’s the worst economy since the Great Depression. Nearly 1 in every 6 California workers is out of a job, and those lucky […]

The State Building and Construction Trades Council placed a Facebook advertisement which members of the California Legislative Jewish Caucus objected to. The union retracted the ad and issued an apology, but the incident illustrates the fraught tensions at play in state housing discussions.

Data show that the state's housing crisis is worse for black communities, with decades of systemic racism having led to significant barriers to building and retaining wealth.