Rents will go up as thousands of displaced homeowners and tenants hit an already tight market, analysts and advocates said. Insurance costs, contracting and permitting are among the myriad of stressors added to L.A.’s housing challenges, many of which were already at risk of worsening.
Listened to a whole podcast about this with the Paradise Fire. Great reporting, a documentary approach.
Fittingly, this episode of 99% invisible is amid a 6-episode stretch on climate.