Liam Dillon covers the issues of housing affordability and neighborhood change across California for the Los Angeles Times. He joined the newsroom in 2016 and prior to this assignment, covered state politics and policy for its Sacramento Bureau. Before coming to The Times, Dillon covered local politics in Southwest Florida and San Diego. He’s a graduate of Georgetown University and grew up outside Philadelphia.
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Experts say a new $22-billion plan to end homelessness in the city of Los Angeles reveals decades of underfunding and pitfalls of leaders’ current approach.
Oct. 16, 2024
Prop. 5 could unleash a flood of new affordable housing, road repairs, fire stations — and tax hikes
If approved by California voters, Proposition 5 would make it easier for local bond measures, and the tax increases that often accompany them, to pass.
Oct. 4, 2024
Housing affordability is newly in the spotlight in the campaign. Vice President Kamala Harris sets a goal to end a housing shortage and former President Trump relies on his other policy ideas.
Oct. 3, 2024
With a key vote coming on a bid to rezone Los Angeles to add 250,000 more homes, city officials released a long-awaited report on the history of exclusionary zoning.
Sept. 26, 2024
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development awarded a $10-million grant this month to the AIDS Healthcare Foundation to assist tenants in low-income developments with organizing. But foundation tenants say the nonprofit is stopping them from unionizing in its buildings.
Sept. 24, 2024
Residents alleged pervasive problems within the building, including mold, vermin, plumbing and electrical issues that they said the foundation failed to fix.
Sept. 17, 2024
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration is warning that a ban on homeless shelters and other housing in the city of Norwalk is against the law.
Sept. 17, 2024
Homelessness spending in Los Angeles must more than double to $2 billion a year to end sleeping on the streets in the city, according to a draft report by housing officials
Sept. 13, 2024
Tenants who have lived in Caltrans-owned homes in the San Gabriel Valley for decades are buying the properties. But the slow pace of sales and continued vacancies frustrate many.
Sept. 10, 2024
California officials announced a settlement with Elk Grove that requires the city to identify sites for low-income housing and pay the state’s legal fees.
Sept. 4, 2024