Ready to make a difference in your community? By doing just a few basic things, you can help create more awareness about the problem of housing affordability, and help create consensus around solutions for solving the housing crisis.
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Talk to people about the issues. Many people are unaware or misinformed about the issues around housing and growth. Talking to your friends and neighborhoods can help create informed citizens. |
Los Angeles has a severe shortage of housing, particularly homes and apartments that are affordable to low- and moderate-income families. The reasons for the housing crisis are complex and varied — rapid population growth, slow housing production, opposition to growth, stagnating wages — but the fact remains that it needs to be addressed.
For people to be true stakeholders in a process, they need to understand all the facts. Creating awareness about the housing crisis will make sure that residents in your community will be equipped to make important decisions about the future of the city.
» Get the facts about growth in Los Angeles
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Be part of the solution. While local leaders and public officials are working to address the housing crisis, ordinary citizens are a welcome and necessary part of creating workable solutions. |
Solving the housing crisis will mean creating more affordable homes and apartments in Los Angeles — no easy task. By letting public officials and community members know that you support the creation of new affordable housing developments, you can help move L.A. closer to providing enough housing for everyone.
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In addition, creating a workable community plan that helps planners and developers know where new homes and apartments should be built will help speed up the production of housing and make sure that your neighborhood grows in the places and manner that its residents envision.
» Find out how you can help plan for growth in your neighborhood
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Building relationships. Working together with local real estate developers and public officials can make a big difference in the quality of development that occurs in a community. |
Housing developers and public officials are struggling to meet the demand for affordable housing. In some cases, developers must move forward with a development project without the full input of the local community.
By building relationships with local affordable housing developers and local leaders, communities can create a continuing dialogue about what type of new housing should be built in a neighborhood and where.
» Find out how communities can work with local housing developers
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