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Brandon Richardson, Senior Writer

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Amid a ‘rent-burden crisis,’ will tenants vote yes on Prop. 10, expanding rent control?

By Jeff Collins

USC report: Average LA rents will go up $91 by 2020

“What we find is depressing”

By Elijah Chiland

The average Los Angeles renter will spend a little over $90 more per month on housing in 2020 than in 2018, according to a new report from USC’s Lusk Center for Real Estate.

SoCal rental households face affordability crisis

The 2018 University of Southern California Casden Economics Forecast leaves little doubt that the affordable housing crisis is not exclusive to low-income households.

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By Bryan Anderson and Alexei Koseff

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California needs public infrastructure, but not a bullet train

By Dana Goldman and Richard Green

One of the legacies of the Brown family is its willingness to invest California’s money in the future. Pat Brown built the State Water Project and poured money into a national model for public higher education.

New Report Forecasts Rent Increases Through 2020

Average rents are expected to increase $91 in Los Angeles County by 2020, according to the University of Southern California (USC) Casden Economics Forecast released today by the USC Lusk Center for Real Estate, in partnership with Beacon Economics. The report estimates average rents will increase to $2,358, up from $2,267 this year, while the vacancy rate of rental units will increase from 3.95% to 4.31%.

Southern California to see smaller rent hikes over the next two years, forecast says

By Jeff Collins

Southern California rents will keep rising over the next two years, but at a slower pace as vacancy rates rise slightly in Los Angeles and Orange Counties, according to USC’s Casden Multifamily Forecast released Wednesday, Oct. 17.

Rent Control: What does it mean to the California economy?

The continued shortage of housing in our state has fueled a steady increase in rent over the past several years, which hits hard particularly or lower income residents. This had created political pressure to address the housing affordability issue and as a result, rent control has emerged as a public policy issue in California.

Learn the impact this will have for the real estate industry and the California economy as a while if this passes in November.

Facing an Affordable Housing Crisis

S.E. Williams

Nearly a year ago, Richard Green, Director of the USC LUSK Center stated in his real estate economics forecast, “It’s certainly no surprise to anyone—developers, landlords, tenants and elected officials—that available units are becoming scarcer and more expensive in Southern California.”