L.A. plans housing future

Los Angeles leaders adopted a new strategy Wednesday that proposes ways to preserve low-income housing, build more homes near transit and look at mandating affordable units in new developments. Kerry Cavanaugh in the Daily News.

Required in order to get state funding, the Housing Element lays out how L.A. will build 113,000 new homes by 2014 to meet the needs of a growing population.

But the strategy is more idea than action. The City Council and mayor still have to vote on any new program, including the controversial proposal to require developers to include low-income units in new buildings.