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LOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 21, 2020 - - Guest services associate Mia Rogers, 23, left, gives Project Roomkey guest Stanley Monk, 58, his lunch under the watchful eye of LVN Richard F. at a Project Roomkey hotel in Los Angeles on July 22, 2020. Rogers, a client of Chrysalis, lost her job due to the coronavirus pandemic. She was hired to work at a Project Roomkey hotel. About 100 clients of Chrysalis, a downtown agency that gets work for homeless people who lost their jobs because of the virus shutdowns. They've been rehired by Project Roomkey to work in hotels. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

L.A. races to distribute housing vouchers before homeless people are kicked out of hotels

As hotels shift away from sheltering homeless people as part of Project Roomkey, Los Angeles is racing to distribute thousands of rental vouchers it received from various stimulus bills.

How to help unhoused Angelenos during the colder months
‘Gimme Shelter’: What happens when a millennial buys a house
Tax proposed on L.A. property sales over $5 million to fund homeless housing
Proposed state law seeks to ban freeway expansions in underserved communities
L.A.’s mayoral candidates agree homeless encampments need to go. The question is how

HIGHLAND, CA - JUNE 18: A for-sale sign is seen on a home next to the San Andreas Fault on June 18, 2017 in Highland, California. An earthquake early warning system, under development by U.S. Geological Survey in partnership with several major universities to give the public in California, Oregon and Washington critical seconds of notice to move or duck for cover before a major earthquake hits, may abruptly end with a Trump proposal to cut all funding for it in the upcoming budget. If federal support is allowed to continue, a version of the $38.3 million ShakeAlert system would begin before the end of 2018. The annual cost to operate system for the West Coast would be $16.1 million. Scientists maintain that a massive quake on the southern portion of the San Andreas Fault in the range of 7.8 magnitude is inevitable and long overdue, and will cause widespread devastation in Southern California. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)

In Southern California, a slight slowdown in the housing market still means record prices

What $600,000 buys in 6 L.A. County communities

COMPTON, CA - MAY 26: A memorial where the body of Patricia Loeza, 26, a homeless woman, was found in a dirt clearing near some railroad tracks last June 2020, on Wednesday, May 26, 2021 in Compton, CA. Tracy Walker, 56, a homeless man, is accused of killing Loeza and two other homeless people over the last year in an area of the Compton Creek near Del Amo Boulevard. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times)

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After homeless killings, a confession leaves detectives with more questions

A 'For Rent' flyer is stapled to a utilities pole in southeast Portland, Ore., on Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021. As of October, the most recent data provided by the U.S. Census Bureau, more than 67,000 Oregon households reported that they felt "not at all confident" that they would be able to cover the next month's rent. (AP Photo/Sara Cline)

Thousands in Oregon face eviction as lawmakers scramble

Coronavirus Resources

Can I be evicted? L.A. County tenant protections explained
State eviction moratorium ends soon, but rent relief will still be available
Q&A: The law and science behind the CDC’s eviction ban
Tracking the coronavirus in California

Legislation and Policy

60 years after being taken for abandoned L.A. freeway, homes may get new life
‘Gimme Shelter’: Sacramento plans to give homeless residents the right to housing
L.A. voters back a right to shelter, but are wary of taxes to pay for it, new poll finds
Facing housing crisis, L.A. voters back duplexes in single-family neighborhoods

Southern California Housing

Are you a first-time home buyer in Southern California? We want to hear from you
California holds 70% of the country’s priciest ZIP Codes for home buyers
‘It’s still not easy’: SoCal home-buying frenzy cools — a bit
What L.A. County’s median home price — $795,000 — buys in six areas

Times Columnists

Column: Ban homeless encampments everywhere? It might have more support than liberals think
Abcarian: A bike goes missing, a chit in L.A.'s homeless economy
Abcarian: The homeless encampment next door

‘Gimme Shelter’ podcast

Why modern freeway construction is still taking homes in Black and Latino areas

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California college students live in vans and hotels as campus housing plans spark backlash
Freeways force out residents in communities of color — again
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Opinion

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Op-Ed: On Veterans Day, there are still thousands of homeless vets in L.A. We followed 26 to find out why
Editorial: Finally, someone has lit a fire under the VA to get homeless veterans housed