Failed homeless initiative wasted $60M and housed just three individuals

Failed homeless initiative wasted $60M and housed just three individuals

Out of the 2,000 apartments intended for the homeless in Nitya Raman’s $60 million initiative, only three have been occupied so far. Raman, who leads the Los Angeles City Council’s Housing and Homelessness Committee, launched this temporary grant program in September as a cost-effective alternative to Mayor Karen Bass’s Inside Safe initiative, which aims to […]

Costo and affordable apartments will be housed under one roof in upcoming LA development

Construction began this week on a new mixed-use building in South Los Angeles with affordable apartments upstairs and a Costco downstairs, with a groundbreaking ceremony scheduled for Wednesday. The proposed development at 5035 Coliseum Ave. in Baldwin Village will be the first in the U.S. to feature Costco as an anchor retail tenant, according to […]