I put together some data on LA City Council Members' handling of encampments and housing policy. The data show council members differ sharply in sweeps, arrests, and housing-based solutions. Some are following the science; others are not.
Check it out! arcg.is/199qmv2
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New article in @AMJPublicHealth led by @NCSP_UCLA fellow @CecileYaks! We find that 2021 Expanded Child Tax Credit reduced energy insecurity (difficulty paying utility bills) among US families. Open Access link here: ajph.aphapublications.org/do…
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Pleased to share our paper published today in Hypertension. Using data from the Jackson Heart Study and a computer simulation, we found maintaining normal BP over the lifecourse could add up to 4.5 years of life and 6 years of healthy life.
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NEW #Article: Rental deserts, segregation, and zoning by Whitney Airgood-Obrycki, @MagdaMaaoui & @SophiaWedeen
buff.ly/3CS8TIm
#Rent #housing #segregation #UrbanEquality
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AFTER THE LA FIRES:
RENT-GOUGING IN THE WAKE OF DISASTER
Read the report: rentbrigade.org/report
ALT THE REPORT: RENT GOUGING IN THE WAKE OF DISASTER We looked at every Zillow listing in LA County from January 7 to the 18th. Here's what we found.
ALT Landlords and agents are illegally overcharging renters by $7.7 million per month.
ALT On average, 120 new rent-gouged listings were identified per day between January 7 and January 18.
LOOTING IN LOS ANGELES
'The Rent Brigade' found from Jan 7-18, a total of 1,343 listings on Zillow appear to have violated the state’s price gouging ban. Those listings appear to have collectively sought to overcharge tenants $92 mil/year. @LATenantsUnion
laist.com/news/housing-homel…
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Collectively, these listings appear to have sought to illegally overcharge tenants by $92.4 million / year.
Likely rent gouging wasn't limited to mansions in the hills. Many listings were in Koreatown and South L.A.
Get more details in the full story: laist.com/news/housing-homel…
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Homes in L.A. were still smoldering when Zillow rents started to spike.
Volunteer rent gouging sleuths quickly started tracking the data. They found 1,343 listings that appear to have broken the law.
My @LAist story is the first to report on their findings.
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A furnished Bel Air home went on Zillow today for $29,500 / month. A few months ago, it was asking $15,900.
I called up the agent. She said she told her client to re-list the home after this week's L.A. fires.
"People are desperate," she said. "You can probably get good money."
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Landlords are raising rental listing prices by more than 50% to profit from the fires. Penal Code 396 prohibits price-gouging during a state of emergency.
@bad_tenant has started a doc of the listings:
bit.ly/price-gouging-vulture…
Contributions welcome!
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Beware of price gouging, LosAngeles! The rental house next door to me (which has been on the market and sitting vacant since August) just tried to increase the asking rent by over 50% ! Report bad actors at oag.ca.gov/report
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More info on CA’s price gouging ban here: oag.ca.gov/consumers/pricego…
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🚨 New in @JAMANetworkOpen, co-led by myself and @TrishaSantosMD, examining #AsianAmerican representation in medicine!
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam…
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While the group is often seen as overrepresented, our disaggregated analysis reveals stark disparities for Southeast Asians.
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New Research Brief out with @YiyuCh @Gabrielpinab and @ElianaPerrin on the role of Pandemic Emergency Rental Assistance in addressing material hardships among low-income renter families with children. Work funded by @RWJF @HEResearch! childtrends.org/publications…
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So great to celebrate @CecileYaks’s nomination for the @UCLAGradSchool Chancellor’s Award! @NCSP_UCLA @dgsomucla @UCLA_GIMHSR
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🧵Across the country, housing was on the ballot in this election: @NLIHC's @ourhomesvotes campaign tracked 100+ housing & homelessness ballot measures! Let's celebrate these victories for housing justice, and congratulate the organizers who made them possible.
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