From 2015 to 2021, this dataset tracks the City of Los Angeles's progress toward two housing goals: permitting 100,000 new housing units and building or preserving 15,000 affordable units for low-income households. It originates from data.lacity.org and was last updated on September 11, 2025. The data includes columns for Fiscal Year, New Housing Units, Cumulative New Housing Units, and various categories of affordable housing production and preservation.
Use Cases
- Analyzing annual trends in new housing construction using Fiscal Year and New Housing Units.
- Tracking cumulative progress toward the 100,000-unit goal using Cumulative New Housing Units.
- Assessing the composition of affordable housing production using columns like New Affordable Units Financed by HCIDLA and Affordable Units Preserved.
- Evaluating the total affordable housing stock over time using Total Affordable Housing and Cumulative Affordable Housing.
Strengths
- Tracks progress toward two specific, quantified municipal goals: 100,000 new units and 15,000 affordable units.
- Contains multiple columns for detailed breakdowns of affordable housing types (e.g., preserved, recapitalized, financed).
- Data is updated regularly, with a last update timestamp of 2025-09-11 19:57:59.
Limitations
- Row count and total dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
Provenance
- Source
- data.lacity.org
- Collection Method
- Likely compiled from city permitting and housing finance agency records to track Executive Directive 13.
- Time Range
- From the start of Mayor Garcetti's administration (2013) through fiscal year 2021, with data organized by Fiscal Year and Quarter.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2025-09-11 19:57:59.
- Geography
- City of Los Angeles, California, USA.