PLAY PODCASTS
Dramatic Insurance Spikes Could Tank California's Homeless Housing

Dramatic Insurance Spikes Could Tank California's Homeless Housing

KQED's The California Report

December 31, 20249m 51s

Audio is streamed directly from the publisher (podtrac.com) as published in their RSS feed. Play Podcasts does not host this file. Rights-holders can request removal through the copyright & takedown page.

Show Notes

To end homelessness, California’s political leaders have championed a seemingly simple solution: build homes for people who don’t have them. Even better, put those homes in places where unhoused folks are already living — in cities, close to public transportation and services. But insurers are increasingly eyeing those properties as too risky to serve — not because of potentially catastrophic storms or wildfires — but because of who lives there and the urban neighborhoods where they’re located. 

Reporter: Erin Baldassari, KQED


A new law that goes into effect in the new year could give tenants facing eviction a better shot at staying in their homes.

Reporter: Felicia Mello, CalMatters


Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices