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SCANPH Report: Los Angeles Losing Ground In Keeping up With Affordable Housing Needs

Submitted by Robert Dhondrup on 2 Jul 2007 - 5:30pm.
A report by the Southern California Association for Non-Profit Housing (SCANPH) demonstrates that the City of Los Angeles is losing ground in trying to keep up with the affordable housing it needs to fill existing demand and population growth. According to the Housing Element guidelines, the city needs to produce over 4,000 units of affordable housing yearly.

That equals 20,300 units between 2001-2006. SCANPH’s analysis of the affordable housing stock reveals two disturbing trends. Not only is the city producing less than 2/3 of the units needed to meet projected demand; but, the increasing removal of Rent Stabilization Ordinance (RSO) units from condominium conversions and demolitions offsets any modest gains made. Due to these losses, the city has only gained less than 10% of the affordable housing units it needs to keep pace.
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