Empty Los Angelesemptylosangeles.hashnode.dev·Jun 25, 2024Will The Owner's Plan Bungle a Bungalow Court?It seems to be open season on LA's dwindling supply of bungalow courts. The Maycrest Bungalows are in imminent danger. A South LA bungalow court sustained some fire damage when the apartment building next door burned down ten days ago. We just lost t...DiscussEcho Park
Empty Los Angelesemptylosangeles.hashnode.dev·Jun 23, 2024Emptied Decades Ago and In Imminent Danger: Save The Maycrest Bungalow Court!It's no secret that there are empty homes in El Sereno, South Pasadena, and Pasadena. CalTrans seized 460 of them in the 1960s, intending to demolish them all for a 710 freeway extension that never came (and that was officially canceled in 2018) and ...DiscussEl Sereno
Empty Los Angelesemptylosangeles.hashnode.dev·Jun 13, 2024Ten Little BungalowsTen little bungalows stood on a hillside, A tenant got Ellis Acted and then there were nine. Nine little bungalows on choice real estate, A developer wanted it and then there were eight. Eight little bungalows were a slice of heaven, RSO law was igno...Discussbungalow court
Empty Los Angelesemptylosangeles.hashnode.dev·Feb 12, 202436 RSO Units GoneOlder duplexes, triplexes, bungalow courts, and similar homes are an important source of naturally occurring affordable housing in Los Angeles. This is especially true in lower-income neighborhoods, and even more so in neighborhoods that have more fa...Discussduplex
Empty Los Angelesemptylosangeles.hashnode.dev·Jan 11, 2024We Need Housing, Not More HotelsDid you know, dear readers, that there are over 1,000 hotels in Los Angeles? It's true. There are well over 100,000 hotel rooms in Los Angeles. That's quite a lot. We used to have quite a lot of naturally occurring affordable housing. Used to. One of...Discusshollywood
Empty Los Angelesemptylosangeles.hashnode.dev·Nov 26, 2023Have No Faith: The City Doesn't Give a #$%! About RSO RentersThe good people at Silver Lake Heritage Trust are doing everything they can to protect ten badly needed RSO units perched above Sunset Boulevard. The Stires Staircase Bungalow Court, like other bungalow courts still standing today (there used to be f...DiscussEcho Park
Empty Los Angelesemptylosangeles.hashnode.dev·May 31, 2023The Little Bungalow CourtOnce upon a time, there was a little stucco bungalow court on one of the numbered streets way down in a neighborhood called Watts. Eight two-bedroom, one-bathroom units flanked a little courtyard. Bungalow courts were, then as today, coveted places t...DiscussWatts
