L.A. is launching an initiative to encourage starter homes. The effort includes a design competition and a demonstration ...

UCLA’s cityLAB has launched a design competition where contestants can submit proposals for low-cost, easy-to-build starter ...

Aerial view of the vacant lot at 5501 Echo St., which the city owns. The city plans to sell off such lots to developers. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times) ...

The city of Los Angeles is launching a new initiative to encourage the construction of starter homes ... on city lots will show developers they can make money doing the same thing on land that's ...

largely with single-family homes. But in recent years, the state passed laws making it easier to build apartments or more units on single-family lots. Under pressure from the state, numerous ...

The January fires that scorched homes in Altadena and Pacific Palisades have columnist Patt Morrison asking why we can't ...

Homeowners in Los Angeles have started the long process of rebuilding after the destructive wildfires in January. Some are constructing homes that ... very high risk on land for which local ...

Los Angeles is turning ... lower-cost starter homes on these parcels. L.A. is partnering with cityLAB and LA4LA, a public-private program, on an initiative called Small Lots, Big Impacts, which ...

The city of Los Angeles has approved the first four permits to rebuild homes in the wealthy enclave of Pacific Palisades that ...

Last sold in 2023 for $1 million over the asking price, the groovy 1970s Sierra Madre home is back on the market.