Posts tagged EvictionPrevention
How Housing Falls Apart: Staying Housed, Part 2 of 4 | Letters to the Housed by Paul Asplund of SecondGrace.LA
How Housing Falls Apart: Staying Housed, Part 2 of 4 | Letters to the Housed by Paul Asplund of SecondGrace.LA

The cascade that ends in eviction usually starts somewhere much quieter — sometimes months earlier, in a moment that didn't feel like a crisis at the time. Understanding it is the key to stopping it.

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Housing Justice, Eviction and Displacement, Staying HousedPaul AsplundStaying Housed, housing justice, EvictionPrevention, EndHomelessness, LAHousing, Letters to the Housed, SecondGraceLAComment
When Fear Comes Knocking: Immigration Raids Push More LA Families Into Homelessness - Letters to the Housed
When Fear Comes Knocking: Immigration Raids Push More LA Families Into Homelessness - Letters to the Housed

Over the past five years, anywhere from 127–230 Angelenos have lost their housing every day. But now, we're facing a perfect storm: immigration raids are pushing families into homelessness just as the January fires in Altadena and Pacific Palisades have destroyed over 16,000 structures. California experienced a 3.1% drop in private-sector jobs within a single week after federal immigration raids—worse than the Great Recession or early COVID. With 600,000 people in LA County rent-burdened and 67% of undocumented households already struggling before the raids, fear itself has become a driver of homelessness. But solutions exist: direct cash assistance programs are proving effective, and LA's mansion tax has $14.6 million ready for deployment to help families stay housed.

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Community, Homelessness, Immigrant RightsPaul AsplundLettersToTheHoused, HousingJustice, ImmigrationRaids, LAFires, CashAssistance, MansionTax, SecondGraceLA, HousingCrisis, ImmigrantRights, ClimateJustice, PolicySolutions, MutualAid, EconomicJustice, EvictionPrevention, CommunitySupport, DirectAction, SocialChange, LTTHComment