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### [Follow the Money: How Does a $3,662 Apartment Become “Affordable Housing”?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33300:follow-the-money-how-does-a-3-662-apartment-become-affordable-housing&catid=312)

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#  LOS ANGELES

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### Homeless Spending: Less Cha-Ching, More Change-Bringing!

Written by Ken Alpern on April 15 2024.

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## [Rents Are Unaffordable Nationwide. A Renter’s Tax Credit Would Help](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28741:rents-are-unaffordable-nationwide-a-renters-tax-credit-would-help&catid=312)

POVERTY IN AMERICA - I spent my first birthday in a shelter. Decades later, after doing all I was supposed to do to lift myself up out of poverty, I’…

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Written by Matthew Hetz on April 11 2024.

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Written by Tim Campbell on April 08 2024.

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Written by Meghann Cuniff on April 08 2024.

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Written by Yuval Kremer on April 08 2024.

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Written by Bob Anderson on April 08 2024.

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Written by Liz Amsden on April 01 2024.

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Written by Ken Alpern on April 01 2024.

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Written by Bob Anderson on April 01 2024.

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Written by Dan Walters on April 01 2024.

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Written by Raymond Klein on April 01 2024.

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Written by Meghann Cuniff on March 28 2024.

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Written by Bob Anderson on March 25 2024.

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Written by Tim Campbell on March 25 2024.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on March 21 2024.

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Written by Fred Rosen on March 21 2024.

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Written by James Frederick on March 18 2024.

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Written by Bob Anderson on March 18 2024.

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Written by Tim Campbell on March 18 2024.

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