Housing

Insurers are seeking rate increases as California leaders try to prevent companies from fleeing over disaster risk, particularly wildfires and floods. As costs surge for utilities and other goods, a Sacramento homeowner asks if the needs of the many outweigh the needs of a few.

California politicians face two pressing crises this year: a massive state budget deficit and the decline of the homeowner insurance market.

California lawmakers made an effort in 2023 to remove red tape around building new houses.

The state has hundreds of millions to spend. Developers say they need billions.

Federal funding for domestic violence shelters and housing programs is declining. Advocates want the state to step in, but with a record projected deficit new spending is unlikely.

Why did the homelessness crisis become more dire in 2023, even as the Legislature passed more affordable housing laws? Home prices and rents are still increasing.

The ongoing conflict between state officials in California and local governments over housing resembles a game of Whac-A-Mole.

The L.A. nonprofit HOPICS got $140 million in public funds to house the homeless, but it failed to pay rent and some of its clients wound up back on the streets.

California’s rent cap doesn’t apply to low-income housing, which has its own rules. But with inflation, some tenants have gotten much higher rent increases.

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