byBrian AddisoninNews
Nonprofit, nonpartisan journalism venture CALmatters has examined decades of data to analyze how the State's Capitol and local policies in combination with the market have created the housing and affordability crises California faces.
byBrian AddisoninStreets & Urban Design
To view our full coverage of the housing discussion in Long Beach, click here. **** Photo by Brian Addison. Victor Chacon, an 81-year-old Long Beach resident, had been living at the Driftwood Apartments (939 Pacific Ave.) for nearly 30...
byBrian AddisoninOpinion
Photos courtesy of Housing Long Beach. In the age of accidental missile warnings being sent, it wouldn’t hurt to double-check your email lists before sending out an alert or invite—especially if you’re a rental property management company and you’re...
byJason IslasinStreetsblog California
Last Thursday, the California State Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee narrowly killed a controversial bill that would have repealed the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act, which limits local jurisdictions’ ability to enact or strengthen rent control laws. In order...
byBrian AddisoninOpinion
Photo by Brian Addison. Above: construction on a housing development at Broadway and Pacific takes shape. Many housing advocates are cheering on the process of getting an initiative on November 2018’s ballot that will enact some form of rent...
byBrian AddisoninOut & About
Uh-oh. Again. In the most recent data released through Apartment List’s annual report this month, Long Beach’s rent continued to rise—though not quite at the same level as last year. 2016 saw an exorbitant 10.8% increase in rents year-over-year,...
byBrian AddisoninOpinion, Streets & Urban Design
Photo by Brian Addison. Graphics courtesy of the Urban Institute. I’ve talked about the housing crisis and its attached affordability crisis a lot. A lot. A lot. A lot. A loooot. One huge part of this conversation that has...
byBrian AddisoninOut & About
Uh-oh. Again. While last year saw Long Beach rise the most amongst all California cities in terms of rent growth, it now has another crown that stokes fears of affordability in the state: we are home to the nation‘s second-highest...
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