At the Nate Holden Center last night 500 people showed up to advocate for a freeze on rent control hikes. Councilman Wesson said he's never seen so many people pack the Nate Holden Center.
Several Liberty Hill grantees have been working to stop rent increases in the city of LA and succeeded in getting Councilmember Alarcon to introduce a motion to that effect. The City Council’s Housing Committee held a community meeting to discuss our grantees’ recommendations for recognizing housing as a human right. The policy would potentially affect more than 600,000 L.A. renters.
Read L.A. Times blog coverage of the event.
Read L.A. Community Action Networks' blog post.
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