• 54% of Los Angeles City residents are
Housing Burdened (30% or more of
gross income goes to rent)
• Los Angeles County’s homeless
population increased to nearly
60,000 in 2017— a 23 percent
increase from 2016
• California is home to more than onefifth
of the nation’s homeless people
• Also known Backyard Homes or Granny Flats
• Recent State Bill SB 1069 changed getting an ADU permit from near impossible to fairly easy
• The city of Los Angeles is piloting an incentive program to build ADUs and house the housing insecure or homeless