Author name: Michel Degive

Supporters Call SB 79 a Breakthrough for Housing and Climate. Critics Warn it Will Fuel Displacement and Erode Local Control. With Gov. Gavin Newsom’s signature, California moved to rewrite how neighborhoods grow: SB 79 legalizes mid-rise apartments near major transit stops, overriding single-family zoning in key corridors. Backers say it will unlock more affordable homes, […]

With CASH LA, Advocates Are Proving That Listening to Lived Experience and Providing Direct Cash Assistance Can Keep Young People Housed Across seven states, one idea has kept 95% of participants housed: direct cash payments. Now, Los Angeles is joining the movement with CASH LA, a new targeted Direct Cash Program spearheaded by Point Source

As Trump’s Government Shutdown Drags On, Hundreds of HUD Employees Lose Their Jobs, Jeopardizing Housing Access Nationwide The Department of Housing and Urban Development is laying off hundreds of employees responsible for overseeing fair housing enforcement and developing affordable housing across the United States, according to a new report. At least 442 employees at HUD

Despite Conservatorship Protections and Repeated Warnings, a Vulnerable Woman Was Discharged to the Streets — and Later Died Advocates Say Her Case Exposes a Deadly System of Neglect On a chilly December afternoon in 2024, staff at a small Skid Row harm-reduction center watched in disbelief as one of their longtime participants, a probate-conserved woman

As Rents Soar Past $3,400 For A One-Bedroom, Tech-Fueled Gentrification and Political Inaction Deepen Inequality Across the Bay Area The average price of a 1-bedroom apartment in San Francisco has risen by 8% over the last year, with the city seeing the sharpest increases in rental prices among any major city in the US. An

A New City-Funded Plan Aims to Keep Shelters Open Year-Round, Offering Stability for Unhoused Residents and Relief for Outreach Teams Anchorage, Alaska, is piloting a new shelter strategy that will allow people who are homeless to access beds year-round instead of only during the cold winter months, according to reports. The new strategy follows the

High Rents and Scarce Campus Housing, A Proposal to Let Students Sleep in Parking Lots Shows How Broken the System Is California lawmakers are considering allowing community college students to sleep in their cars as a way to address student homelessness in the state, an idea that has received fierce pushback from advocates and community

How Landlords Routinely Evade Accountability for Unlawful Evictions That Push Renters into Poverty and Homelessness Cindy was in her mid-20s when it happened. The new corporate management team filed into the expansive historical building, which had been converted into affordable rental apartments, with their chests puffed out. The people who lived there, including Cindy, had

From Encampment Shootings to Media Scapegoating, the False Idea that Homeless People ‘Refuse Help’ Is Costing Lives Thirty gunshots rang out over a Minneapolis homeless encampment on a Monday night, September 2025. At 10 pm, pedestrians ran frantically through the streets past the Target, at the intersection of South 28th Avenue and East Lake Street,

As Cities Step Up Citations, the Guide Offers Trauma-Informed and Practical Strategies for Lawyers Defending Unhoused Clients With the criminalization of homeless people ramping up across the nation, the ACLU of Southern California has responded by releasing a guide designed to help legal professionals defend their homeless clients against the citations that are becoming more