At least 100,000 Angelenos are behind on their leases and thousands more are behind on their mortgage payments
They recommend increasing housing capacity by area as a way to stimulate the construction of affordable housing.
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Access to Affordable housing for Latinos and other disadvantaged communities it is one of the keys to face social inequality of the residents of The Angels, ensures a group of experts.
The Committee for a Great L.A., formed in May by the Los Angeles legislature, presented during a virtual press conference your initial conclusions and suggestions, which will be delivered to COVID-19 Recovery Committee.
As explained Miguel Santana, executive director of Fairplex -the venue of the Los Angeles County Fair- and moderator of the presentation, the analysis seeks "be strong and honest about the challenges L.A. is facing and offering recommendations to different levels of government"
Manuel Pastor, director of the Program for Environmental and Regional Equity (PERE) of the University of Southern California, highlighted the great disparities faced by Latinos, and especially the undocumented, and how this especially affected their rates of contagion with coronavirus.
"Cases increased dramatically in low-income communities"Highlighted Shepherd noting that Latinos represent the 43.5% of cases in Los Angeles, a much higher percentage than that of non-Hispanic whites (31.2%) and African-Americans (6.3%).
The academic also stressed that the Latinos over 65 face a panorama of social problems that tends to worsenBecause 34% of older people in this community "have incomes below 150% of the (federal) poverty rate."
He also stressed that from an estimated 2.38 million undocumented that live in California, 794,000 (33%) reside in Los Angeles County and 70% have lived in the United States for more than a decade.
Other noteworthy factor in the crisis suffered in the county by the coronavirus is access to virtual education as a result of the impossibility of attending face-to-face classes.
39% of Latinos under the age of 18 preschool through 12th grade lack a computer or do not have high-speed internet in their homes, compared to 35% of African Americans and 13% of non-Hispanic whites.
By presenting the main factors for the "Income Vulnerability Indices" Gary Seguraanalyst Luskin Center at the University of California, Los Angeles stressed that the first factor for high vulnerability is that tenants “spend 50% or more of their income on housing payments”.
Segura reported that at least 100,000 angelenos are behind in their rent payments and thousands more they fell behind on their mortgage payments following the COVID-19 crisis.
According to the report, Government restrictions on housing projects have resulted in insufficient multi-family housing, and that construction is burdened by standards, permit costs, and parking requirements, among others.
The expert highlighted the importance of increasing housing capacity per zone as a way of stimulate the construction of affordable housing.
The conclusions of the report will be presented this Tuesday before the Committee of the city Council angelino to continue his analysis.
