Housing Committee · Held · Special

Los Angeles City Council Housing Committee special meeting, September 8, 2026

September 8, 2026, 8:45 a.m. · Updated October 2, 2026

From official records: On Sept. 8, 2026, the Los Angeles City Council's Housing Committee approved all five items, led by a contract of up to $102.3 million with Genesis LA to run the Small NOAH Program, which lends to nonprofits and land trusts buying small rent-stabilized buildings. It also backed in-person Housing Department hearings, including REAP hearings, and linkage fee refunds of up to $35,000 for single-family projects never finished. The Council adopted four of the items on Sept. 16.

As of October 2, 2026, outcomes for the September 8, 2026 meeting of the Housing Committee of the Los Angeles City Council come from official records posted so far, such as council files, recorded votes and filed statements. Some results may be missing until the full minutes are posted and read.

Committee members voting, per the committee reports: Imelda Padilla, Ysabel Jurado and Traci Park. Park is recorded absent on items 1 and 4.

1. Require Housing Department hearings, including REAP hearings, to be held in person with Spanish interpretation

• What it does: Asks the City Attorney for an ordinance making all LAHD administrative hearings, including Rent Escrow Account Program and General Manager hearings, in person with a virtual option, posted in one place in English and Spanish, with Spanish interpretation and other languages on 72 hours’ request. LAHD is to report on accepting new evidence at hearings (committee report).
• Who brought it: Heather Hutt, seconded by Hugo Soto-Martinez (CF 25-0924).
• Neighborhood council positions: For: NoHo.
• What happened: Approved, Padilla and Jurado yes, Park absent (committee report).
• What’s next: The Council adopted it Sept. 16, 13-0, with Hutt and Curren D. Price absent (CF 25-0924).

2. Refund up to $35,000 in affordable housing linkage fees for single-family projects never completed

• What it does: Tells City Planning and Building and Safety to draft an ordinance allowing a linkage fee refund of up to $35,000 for single-family projects that started but never got a certificate of occupancy, retroactive to permits that expired in the last three years; the fee is charged again if the site is later built. The CAO is to estimate how many projects qualify and the effect on affordable housing money (committee report).
• Who brought it: Bob Blumenfield, seconded by Heather Hutt; amended in committee by Council District 6 (committee report).
• Neighborhood council positions: For if amended: Palms.
• What happened: Approved as amended, 3-0 (committee report).
• What’s next: The PLUM Committee concurred on Sept. 22, 5-0; no Council vote was posted as of Oct. 1, 2026 (CF 17-0274-S3).

3. Close out a 2024 motion to apply SB 4 labor and affordability rules to faith-based and 100% affordable projects

• What it does: Notes and files the October 2024 motion, which said two programs in the City’s Affordable Housing Incentive Program did not match SB 4’s housing and labor rules (committee report).
• Who brought it: Motion by Tim McOsker and others, seconded by Imelda Padilla (agenda).
• What happened: Noted and filed, 3-0 (committee report).
• What’s next: The Council adopted the report Sept. 16, 14-0, on a motion by Blumenfield and McOsker, with Hutt absent (CF 21-1230-S7).

4. Report on rental assistance for residents of Housing Authority properties, including Measure ULA programs

• What it does: Directs LAHD, with HACLA, to report on every rental assistance program open to residents of HACLA-owned or administered properties (committee report).
• Who brought it: Monica Rodriguez, seconded by Tim McOsker (CF 26-0299).
• What happened: Approved, Padilla and Jurado yes, Park absent (committee report).
• What’s next: The Council adopted it Sept. 16, 15-0 (CF 26-0299).

5. Genesis LA contract up to $102.3 million to run the Small NOAH acquisition loan program

• What it does: Authorizes LAHD to sign a five-year contract, with one five-year option, for Genesis LA Economic Growth Corporation to market, underwrite and lend project capital so nonprofits and community land trusts can buy small, non-deed-restricted buildings, including rent-stabilized ones (committee report).
• Who brought it: The CAO, in a July 31 report (CAO report).
• Money: Up to $102,270,320 from the House LA Fund, with $14,624,757 moved into a new Small NOAH account; no General Fund impact (committee report).
• What happened: Approved as amended by Council District 6, 3-0 (committee report).
• What’s next: The Council adopted it Sept. 16, 14-0, with Hutt absent, adding Amending Motion 5A, which requires LAHD to report underwriting guidelines before soliciting applicants and funding recommendations quarterly (CF 26-1179).

Next meeting: September 16, 2026 · All meetings