The New York Times: When Your Second Home Is the First One You Buy
By Candace Jackson
Some hopeful homeowners are keeping their rentals in pricey, urban areas, but are buying second homes in more affordable, rural and suburban locations.
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The Orange County Register: Rent soars, tenants struggle to find apartments as vacancy hits 22-year low
By Jeff Collins
Rents across the region have seen their biggest one-year gain in at least 10 years.
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MARKETPLACE: How rising mortgage rates will and will not impact housing prices
By Matt Levin
Well, it’s finally happening, mortgage rates are rising. The average interest rate on a 30-year-fixed rate mortgage has reached 3.22%, according to a Freddie Mac survey. That’s the highest rate since May 2020. You might expect housing prices to drop or at least cool down as a result.
Here’s the theory: Higher mortgage rates mean higher monthly payments, which fewer buyers can afford, which means less demand and lower home prices.
Daily Breeze: Carson, Redondo, Torrance to kick off legal fight against controversial housing bill
By Kristy Hutchings
Senate Bill 9's proponents have touted it as one of multiple strategies to solve the state's ongoing housing crisis, while opponents argue it strips local control from cities.
Los Angeles Times: Even in a hot market, L.A. won't allow rent hikes for most tenants until 2023
By Liam Dillon
LAist: People With Full-Time Jobs are Struggling To Find Housing in Southern California
By Ethan Ward
People experiencing homelessness are often locked out of opportunities to find a place to live, despite working full-time.
Curtis Banks, 29, knows how difficult it is all too well. He’s been living in his car on and off for the past two years while working a full-time job sanitizing patient rooms, restrooms and hallways inside hospitals.
LAist: How Gov. Gavin Newsom Plans To Spend $2 Billion To Help Unhoused Californians
By Ethan Ward
When Governor Gavin Newsom announced his state budget proposal on Monday, he included an extra $2 billion to help unhoused Californians.
The California Blueprint builds on last year’s Budget Act that included $12 billion over two years to address homelessness.