Housing Committee · Held
Los Angeles City Council Housing Committee meeting, September 16, 2026
From official records: On Sept. 16, 2026, the Los Angeles City Council's Housing Committee voted 3-0 to open the $466.6 million Homes for LA Round 2 affordable housing funding round, funded in part by Measure ULA, and added quarterly progress reports. It also approved one House LA oversight committee reappointment and the removal of 21 properties from the Rent Escrow Account Program (agenda).
As of October 2, 2026, outcomes for the September 16, 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.
| Agenda | Official agenda (posted September 11, 2026) |
|---|---|
| Council Journal | Official Journal |
| Video | Recording |
| City Council districts | Council District 1, Council District 2, Council District 3, Council District 4, Council District 5, Council District 8, Council District 9, Council District 10, Council District 13, Council District 14 |
Committee members voting, per the committee report: Imelda Padilla (chair), Ysabel Jurado (vice chair) and Traci Park. Items 3 to 23 remove properties from the Rent Escrow Account Program (REAP) (for example CF 26-0005-S154).
2. Homes for LA Round 2: $466.6 million for affordable housing
- What it does: Lets LAHD release the regulations and term sheets for the 2026 Homes for LA funding round and recommend project awards to the Council and Mayor, and replaces the guidelines for the ULA Alternative Models for Permanently Affordable Housing and ULA Operating Assistance programs (committee report).
- Who brought it: LAHD, report dated Aug. 17, 2026, sent by the Mayor (CF 25-0690-S1).
- Money: Up to $466,575,674.71 from state SB 2 housing grants, the Affordable Housing Linkage Fee, Measure ULA and the Los Angeles County Affordable Housing Solutions Agency; no General Fund impact (committee report). The Los Angeles Business Journal reported that $324 million of the round comes from Measure ULA and that it opens to developers Oct. 13 (Los Angeles Business Journal).
- Amendments: LAHD changed the Portfolio Preservation loan limit to $30,000 per unit, up to $9 million, with a fee of up to $4,500 per unit, up to $2.5 million (LAHD amendment). Padilla’s CD 6 amendment adds quarterly status reports to the committee and plain-language explanations of each program on LAHD’s website.
- Coverage: The Los Angeles Business Journal quoted United to House L.A. calling the round “record-breaking” and Mott Smith of the Council of Infill Builders calling it “very premature for the city to be celebrating” (Los Angeles Business Journal).
- What happened: Approved as amended, 3-0 (committee report).
- What’s next: The Council adopted it Sept. 22, 2026, 13-0, with Heather Hutt and Tim McOsker absent (CF 25-0690-S1).
Every item
| # | Item | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Open the $466.6 million Homes for LA Round 2 affordable housing funding round and approve new ULA guidelines | Approved as amended, 3-0 |
| 1 | Reappoint Taylor Holland to the House LA Citizens Oversight Committee | Approved, 3-0 |
| 3 | Remove 4865 N. Bakman Avenue from the Rent Escrow Account Program | Approved, 3-0 |
| 4 | Remove 2868 W. Francis Avenue from the Rent Escrow Account Program | Approved, 3-0 |
| 5 | Remove 276 S. Union Avenue from the Rent Escrow Account Program | Approved, 3-0 |
| 6 | Remove 136 E. Avenue 44 from the Rent Escrow Account Program | Approved, 3-0 |
| 7 | Remove 22525 W. Del Valle Street from the Rent Escrow Account Program | Approved, 3-0 |
| 8 | Remove 4322 S. Honduras Street from the Rent Escrow Account Program | Approved, 3-0 |
| 9 | Remove 910 S. Alandele Avenue from the Rent Escrow Account Program | Approved, 3-0 |
| 10 | Remove 5345 S. Ascot Avenue from the Rent Escrow Account Program | Approved, 3-0 |
| 11 | Remove 4047 E. Chevy Chase Drive from the Rent Escrow Account Program | Approved, 3-0 |
| 12 | Remove 402 N. Coronado Terrace from the Rent Escrow Account Program | Approved, 3-0 |
| 13 | Remove 2441 Meadowvale Avenue from the Rent Escrow Account Program | Approved, 3-0 |
| 14 | Remove 3712 S. 7th Avenue from the Rent Escrow Account Program | Approved, 3-0 |
| 15 | Remove 523 E. 66th Street from the Rent Escrow Account Program | Approved, 3-0 |
| 16 | Remove 1052 W. 60th Street from the Rent Escrow Account Program | Approved, 3-0 |
| 17 | Remove 4105 S. Muirfield Road from the Rent Escrow Account Program | Approved, 3-0 |
| 18 | Remove 7820 N. Lindley Avenue from the Rent Escrow Account Program | Approved, 3-0 |
| 19 | Remove 436 S. Cloverdale Avenue from the Rent Escrow Account Program | Approved, 3-0 |
| 20 | Remove 418 1/2 E. 51st Street from the Rent Escrow Account Program | Approved, 3-0 |
| 21 | Remove 2335 W. 20th Street from the Rent Escrow Account Program | Approved, 3-0 |
| 22 | Remove 610 S. Evergreen Avenue from the Rent Escrow Account Program | Approved, 3-0 |
| 23 | Remove 2532 N. Eastlake Avenue from the Rent Escrow Account Program | Approved, 3-0 |