April 17, 2026
Millions of new dollars to build housing and fight homelessness
Last week, L.A. announced $360 million in funding for affordable housing and an additional $14 million earmarked for emergency income support. 80% of this funding was generated by Measure ULA.
This funding will lead to the construction of over 1,100 affordable homes while supporting the continued affordability of over 4,800 existing residences. 2,500 homes will receive much-needed repairs thanks to these funds. This work will bring hundreds of construction jobs to Los Angeles.
When announcing the new funding, Mayor Bass said, “For decades, Angelenos have been forced to bear the burden of rising rents and eviction notices because City Hall failed to deliver housing and support for tenants. We are changing that broken system. This historic investment will provide relief to renters impacted by last year’s fires and will increase LA’s affordable housing supply. I want every Angeleno to be able to afford to live in their neighborhood.”
The new $14 million round of funding for the ULA Emergency Income Support Program provides crisis financial assistance to low-income renter households in Los Angeles. This program specifically targets seniors and people with disabilities. Funding is targeted to those hurting from last year’s devastating fires and other crises who need help to remain housed and pay for essential living expenses like food and medicine.
Applications opened on April 10th and will close on April 30th. Eligible households can receive up to $19,000. To see a full list of requirements or get help completing an application, interested applicants can visit the program’s website.
The first round of the Emergency Income Support Program, launched in 2025, brought assistance to some of those who needed it most. You can read testimony from people who received it in a recent study here. One participant said:
“I don’t know what I would have done without it. I was at the very bottom of my savings, I had insomnia and panic attacks. I’m disabled and my health declined more because I was so stressed about how I would pay for rent the next month, how I could continue to live. If I had not received the income support, I would have had to leave my apartment and likely leave LA entirely. The day I was called and told I was receiving the support, I had been trying to figure out where I would even be able to live.”
If we are going to address the housing crisis in Los Angeles, solutions on this scale have to become the new normal. This won’t happen if there are cuts to ULA. Every dollar taken from ULA is a dollar taken from proven solutions that change people’s lives.
Councilmember Jurado said of the announcements, “Together, these efforts will help working families, seniors, and people with disabilities stay in their neighborhoods. This is Measure ULA in action. As Chair of the Ad Hoc Committee, I am committed to moving this forward with urgency to get these dollars into our communities.”
Measure ULA is working. As opposition continues and discussion of chipping away at ULA funding carries on, we need to fight for the funding Angelenos deserve. ULA is making a huge difference in Los Angeles, helping those most impacted by our city’s affordability crisis.
Let’s work together to make sure ULA’s work can continue changing lives across Los Angeles.
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ULA Resources
- LA Housing Department’s ULA Dashboards
- ULA Citizens Oversight Committee (COC)
- United to House LA Coalition
This newsletter is produced by the United to House LA (UHLA) Coalition that includes over 240 local nonprofit social service providers, community and tenant organizations, labor unions, affordable housing developers, faith-based organizations, and other groups that came together to craft Measure ULA and who have stayed together to make sure that its implementation is carried out effectively and efficiently by the City government.
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