November 25, 2025
Many Reasons to Be Grateful for Measure ULA
As we draw close with those we love and count our blessings this Thanksgiving, let’s be sure to reflect on the enormous achievements from the first two-and-a-half years of Measure ULA — the gift we gave ourselves that keeps on giving.
By the Numbers
Measure ULA funds have:
- kept 10,000 Angelenos in their homes through rental assistance
- supported the development of 795 affordable homes, with more on the way (as at Grace Villas, groundbreaking pictured above)
- accelerated the creation of 10,000 union construction jobs
- reached and educated over 140,000 Angelenos on their rights as tenants, helping prevent “self evictions”
- provided eviction defense, legal assistance, or tenant navigation for 35,370 tenants
- reached $944 million raised and counting in revenue
2025-26 — ULA’s First Fully Funded Budget
The Los Angeles City Council has approved a $424.8 million budget for Measure ULA for the 2025-26 fiscal year — that’s one-third more in this fiscal year to help house Angelenos than it has spent in its entire time to date.
That includes:
- $87.9 million for multifamily affordable housing
- $87.9 million for alternative housing models (including both new construction and preservation)
- $42.7 million for income support for rent-burdened seniors and people with disabilities
- $39.1 million for eviction defense and prevention.
The Super-NOFA
The City of Los Angeles recently closed applications for its largest-ever offering of affordable housing funds — 80% of it raised through Measure ULA.
This Notice of Funding Availability (or NOFA) makes $387 million available to developers for building, preserving, and operating affordable housing, five times larger than any previous NOFA in LA history. $316 million of those funds are Measure ULA dollars.
This money will be used to build new homes for families, seniors, and people exiting homelessness. It will fund the preservation of existing affordable homes. And it will fund innovative new models of homeownership, like social housing.
With state, federal, and local funds being slashed everywhere you look, we can all be thankful that Measure ULA is providing LA City with a reliable stream of dedicated, locally-controlled funding for housing needs far into into the future.
And we at the United to House LA coalition thank you for your ongoing support!
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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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