L.A. is fast-tracking affordable housing. Some say those projects are pushing them out
LA TimesBlanca Ruiz, 75, lives in a two-bedroom home that is slated to be razed and replaced by a 157-unit affordable housing complex. Ruiz is among the scores of residents who are having to relocate in the wake of Executive Directive 1, Mayor Karen Bass’ initiative to speed up the construction of affordable housing. Her apartment, along with two others nearby, is set to be replaced by a 157-unit affordable housing project, the kind Bass has pushed for aggressively as she seeks to combat the city’s homelessness crisis. Bass said her office is looking at ways to make it easier for tenants like Ruiz to navigate the relocation process — and ultimately, move into the replacement project fast-tracked by the city. Councilmember Marqueece Harris-Dawson, who heads the committee that will review the ED1 ordinance, said he wants to make sure the fast-tracking measure doesn’t make things worse for low-income renters in South L.A. For Ruiz, the tenant living on Figueroa Street, the pressure has been intense.
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