City housing goals

The city of Los Angeles must build nearly 113,000 new housing units by 2014 to meet the needs of a growing population without worsening the shortage of affordable homes, according to a new city study. Kerry Cavanaugh in the Daily News.

Some 25 percent of the homes need to be affordable for poor and lower-wage workers, yet new development in Los Angeles is primarily for wealthier buyers and renters, according to the study.

The housing development target - plus strategies to meet the goal - is laid out in the city's draft Housing Element, which is now being considered in public workshops around the city.

The goal of the report, said Principal City Planner Jane Blumenfeld, is to lay out city policies that will help L.A. build 113,000 new homes.