Affordable Housing
In addition to investing in programs to prevent and end homelessness, Los Angeles County is also chipping away at the primary driver into homelessness — our region’s affordable housing shortage — by pursuing three P’s:
- Production of new affordable housing;
- Preservation of existing affordable housing; and
- Protection of tenants and related supportive programs, including pathways to home ownership.
Affordable Housing can include public and private housing developments as well as housing in the open market. Tenants receive rental subsidies and other support to help them obtain housing and stay housed.
The Board of Supervisors approved a comprehensive affordable housing plan in 2015 and 2017 that invests $100 million annually to build and rehab low- and very low-income housing. The Board also established the Affordable Housing Programs Budget Unit, Affordable Housing Coordinating Committee, and the Affordable Housing Outcomes Report, which were consolidated into the Homeless Initiative in 2021.
The County uses a variety of tools to increase the housing stock for people experiencing, or at risk of, homelessness.
Vermont Manchester (Evermont), 2019
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Third and Dangler (Las Dahlias), 2020
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Metro @ Florence, 2023
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Casa de la Luz, 2024
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Capital Funding
- Flexible Housing Subsidy Pool (FHSP) and other funding that enables the Departments of Health Services and Mental Health to build Permanent Supportive Housing
- Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) issued by the Los Angeles County Development Authority (LACDA) multiple times a year to finance capital projects, including new construction, and acquisition/rehabilitation
- Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities (AHSC) loans and grants to develop affordable housing along with transit improvements, supplemented by State and federal funding. County AHSC Developer Guidelines
Vermont Manchester (Evermont), 2019
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Third and Dangler (Las Dahlias), 2020
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Metro @ Florence, 2023
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Casa de la Luz, 2024
Casa de la Luz, 2024 https://homeless.lacounty.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/casa-de-la-luz-project-1024x483.png 1024 483 LA County Homeless Services & Housing //homeless.lacounty.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/newHIlogo.png- Metro Joint Development, which involves partnering with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and qualified developers to build transit-oriented developments on Metro properties
Innovating Housing, Repurposing Assets, and Maximizing Land Use
The County encourages the creation of innovative housing models and accessory dwelling units (ADUs), and repurposes its own assets, including building a recuperative care village at its LAC+USC hospital campus.
It also makes the most of land use programs, such as Inclusionary Zoning, Value Capture and Incentive Zoning, Enhanced Infrastructure Financing Districts, and Land Banking.
PRESERVATION
Policies and Programs to Preserve Existing Affordable Housing
- Community Land Trusts (CLTs)
- Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act (TOPA)
Data and Analytical Tools to Assess Affordability and Access
- Affordability Watch Database
- Tracking Regional Affordability and Challenges to Tenancy (TRACT)
- Equity Explorer
PROTECTION FOR TENANTS
- Rent Stabilization Ordinance
- Eviction Defense/Stay Housed LA
- COVID Tenant Protections and Rent Relief
- COVID Eviction Moratorium Roundtable Meetings
- LACDA Rent Subsidies, Owner Incentives
