Two housing advocacy groups are suing Los Angeles, alleging that the city is violating state housing laws by failing to implement promised zoning changes to facilitate new housing construction. Despite previously securing state certification for its housing element, which required it to adjust zoning to address housing shortages, the city has made minimal progress. The lawsuit, which comes after a warning to city council members, challenges Los Angeles’s commitment to increase housing amid a growing housing crisis.
"Three years ago, the city attained state certification and avoided legal challenges to its housing element by making a strong commitment to revise zoning rules citywide. Now it has almost completely reneged on that commitment."
"The Citywide Housing Incentive Program, called CHIP, responds to the housing crisis by creating housing capacity around transit and promoting housing in high-opportunity areas."
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