Letters to the Editor: Get used to more DIY houses in L.A. built by homeless people

Los Angeles Times— To the editor: Your article on the DIY house built by homeless immigrants in Highland Park vividly brought to mind the various favelas I saw in Rio de Janeiro many years ago. Many of them were intricately constructed of several different materials, some with a great deal of skill and artistry. And I could not help wondering at the time how there was such a disparity in that city between the extremely wealthy and so many poor people living in these shacks. I keep wondering the same thing now. If...

Los Angeles Times—Letters to the Editor: Asking the rich for donations won't solve L.A.'s housing crisis. To the editor: I am writing to to express my dismay at the "ambitious" housing initiative unveiled by L.A. Mayor Karen Bass in her State of the City address. It boils down to begging for donations from the city's wealthy to purchase apartment buildings to house homeless people. In a city such as Los Angeles, with an incredibly low apartment vacancy rate, this only adds another source of demand that competes with a highly limited supply. If we do not increase the supply of apartments, middle- and...

Los Angeles Times—Letters to the Editor: L.A.'s late-stage capitalism homelessness fix — ask billionaires for money. To the editor: Don't get me wrong, I applaud Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass for her new program asking wealthy residents and companies to help fund housing solutions for people who are homeless. But before the area's millionaires and billionaires put their heads on their pillows tonight, I would ask that they contemplate what happened on the front end of the homelessness equation. Did they always pay all their employees, even the ones who clean their offices, a wage that allowed them to rent a...

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