Housing & Homelessness
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Introduction
L.A.’s skyrocketing housing costs have made it one of the most expensive places to live in the nation – worse than New York, Boston, and D.C. Monthly housing costs as a percentage of income is higher in L.A. than almost every other major city.
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Our Approach
The Institute is on the front lines of researching this issue. We produce new research on how the high cost of housing is burdening employers and threatening our workforce by sponsoring studies and surveys that help us to best understand what are the causes of the crisis and how LA businesses can be a part of the solution.
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publications
2025
Models for Scaling LACAHSA: Proven Finance Models for Maximizing Affordable Housing Production and Preservation
LA Business Council Institute Housing Affordability Survey
In partnership with the LA Times and Hart Research
2024
2023
Tackling the Housing Crisis: Streamlining to Increase Housing Production in Los Angeles
In partnership with the UCLA Ziman Center for Real Estate
LA Business Council Institute Homelessness Survey
in cooperating with the LA Times and Hart Research
2021
2019
LA Business Council Institute Homeless Survey
in cooperating with the LA Times and Hart Research