About Us
The Los Angeles County Affordable Housing Solutions Agency (LACAHSA) is an independent regional agency that helps renters and makes housing more affordable through bold and urgent action.
LACAHSA brings together local leaders from across LA County to accelerate affordable housing production, preservation, and ownership; protect renters; and and prevent homelessness.
Our Core Priorities
Renter Protection and Homelessness Prevention
Prevent displacement and homelessness before it starts.
Production, Preservation, and Ownership
Increase the supply of affordable housing units across the county.
Technical Assistance
Build capacity, remove barriers to effective implementation, and seed innovation to achieve our goals faster.
How LACAHSA Came to Be
The California State Legislature created LACAHSA as an independent regional agency with the authority to raise its own funds and take decisive action.
LACAHSA is an independent agency and is governed by a Board of Directors that includes representatives from across the region and directs a sizable amount of its revenue back to local communities. The community organizations and policymakers who designed LACAHSA worked with local leaders to make sure the agency represents Los Angeles as a region, with active citizen oversight and accountability.
What We Believe
Our Mission
To significantly expand access to affordable housing and prevent vulnerable people from slipping into homelessness, with an emphasis on innovation, impact, and accountability.
Our Values
Innovative Solutions
From social bonds to financing guarantees, LACAHSA is experimenting with fresh ideas to tackle affordability with urgency and creativity.
Community-Driven Leadership
The agency is a product of coalition-building and regional visioning led by housing experts, elected officials, and the public.
Accountability And Action
With unprecedented transparency and a diverse, empowered board that includes citizen oversight, LACAHSA is structured to answer to the public. At the same time, the Agency’s independence, regional focus, and centralized executive leadership maintains the power to act swiftly and decisively.
Who We Are
Our Leadership
LACAHSA is governed by a diverse Board of Directors composed of elected officials and housing experts from across Los Angeles County.
Chair: Mayor Rex Richardson (City of Long Beach)
Vice Chair: Miguel A. Santana
Second Vice Chair: Victor A. Sanchez (City of Bellflower)
Our Team
LACAHSA is staffed by a deeply committed team who have devoted their professional lives to making homes more affordable and accessible to their neighbors. They work under an executive team empowered to make quick decisions and get stuff done.