Liam Dillon covers the issues of housing affordability and neighborhood change across California for the Los Angeles Times. He joined the newsroom in 2016 and prior to this assignment, covered state politics and policy for its Sacramento Bureau. Before coming to The Times, Dillon covered local politics in Southwest Florida and San Diego. He’s a graduate of Georgetown University and grew up outside Philadelphia.
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Uncertainty about which imports will be socked with new tariffs and when they’ll go into effect has thrown a cloud over home builders and other real estate developers trying to pay for new construction throughout Southern California.
Ryan Johnson, who was hired as interim CEO of the Los Angeles County Affordable Housing Solutions Agency in September, will not seek the role permanently. Times interviews with board members and a past employer raised concerns about Johnson’s background.
Los Angeles County Superior Court judges in recent weeks have ordered three activists who seized vacant, publicly owned homes in 2020 to leave. Some plan to keep resisting eviction.
Modular homebuilders are pouring into Los Angeles after January’s wildfires. Fire survivors love the promised speed and simplicity. But modular’s big promises have failed before.
The city of Los Angeles has approved three permits for the rebuilding and repairs of Pacific Palisades homes affected by January’s wildfire.
An L.A. Times poll finds near unanimity in support for safer building after January’s wildfires.
Nearly five years after seizing a publicly owned, vacant home she used to live in, Maria Merritt is saying goodbye to the community of El Sereno.
Two of the eight people injured at an Inglewood Carmax were hospitalized in critical condition, authorities say.
Two of the eight people injured at an Inglewood Carmax were hospitalized in critical condition, authorities say.