Housing

For the fourth year in a row, Neighbor.com ranked the most neighborly cities in America based on several factors, including low crime rates.

A proposed bill could pave the way to more affordable housing if it allows churches to provide real estate. Gordon Tokumatsu reports for the NBC4 News on Sept. 26, 2023.

An estimated 39 million homes and businesses in the United States could soon face skyrocketing insurance premiums — if they can even find insurance coverage at all. That’s according to a new report from First Street Foundation, which warns that this “insurance bubble” could lead to a costly, widespread housing crisis coast-to-coast.

For the first time in more than a decade, the Orange County Housing Authority (OCHA) is accepting applications for its wait list for its housing voucher program.

The Orange County Housing Authority opened its waitlist for its housing voucher program.

California lawmakers have voted to fast-track low-income housing on surplus land owned by nonprofit colleges and religious institutions.

Typical rent prices have shot up by as much as 40% in places like Bakersfield, Fresno, Visalia and Riverside in just three years, according to data from economists at the real estate listings company Zillow.

Mayor Karen Bass and Councilmember Nithya Raman shared information and resources to help renters stay in their homes.

The White House also announced that it was forming an inter-agency task force to develop ways to fund efforts to convert more commercial buildings to residential housing

Architect Charles Wee, the founder of LifeArk, created the blocks to help the housing crisis by quickly making homes that are safe, sustainable and affordable

An architect has invented plastic building blocks which his non-profit is using to construct housing for the city’s unhoused. Gordon Tokumatsu reports for the NBC4 News on June 29, 2023.

Many residents in Los Angeles have grown accustomed to seeing rows of grey tents along a street or walking past people sleeping on the sidewalk. In 2022, the Los Angeles Homeless Service Authority estimated that more than 69,000 people in the county were experiencing homelessness. 

Residents of a mobile home park in Paramount fear that they may soon be homeless after being served eviction notices.

LA officials are exploring a plan to make air conditioning mandatory in all rental units to protect residents from extreme heat.

The LA City Council is considering making air conditioning mandatory in all rental units citywide in order to address concerns over extreme heat. Gordon Tokumatsu reports for the NBC4 News on June 13, 2023.

As the cost of living in the U.S. continues to climb, foreclosures are also on the rise.

Mobile home parks are among the few affordable options that remain for extremely low-income people.

In 2020, 27-year-old Precious Price built a tiny home in her backyard for $35,000. The income she earns from renting out her main house covers all her living expenses, including mortgage fees and property taxes. Here’s exactly how she built it — from start to finish.

LA’s taxpayers are forking over big bucks for the “Inside Safe” program, which gets people off streets but has placed some in run-down motels with mold, clogged toilets and other major maintenance issues.

LA’s taxpayers are forking over big bucks for the “Inside Safe” program, which gets people off streets but has placed some in run-down motels with mold, clogged toilets and other major maintenance issues. Joel Grover reports May 9, 2023.