Story Map about Rent/Income in Los Angeles

This map shows the areas with the highest rent. The darker areas are where they pay rent the highest and the lighter areas are where they pay a less amount or half as much. This is a real problem because most people don´t get paid enough and if rent is high, it can raise the chance of people becoming homeless or being lost in debt.

The image on the right shows how, since 1940 rent has gone up drastically throughout the years. The rent went from being $27 to nearly $2,000, in the last 80 years. Study shows that rent goes up about 8.9% per year. In the imag,e you can see the slope increase showing the rent rates increasing.

• 6 million households are behind on rent.
• Around August 2021, about 15% of renters were behind

The map shows that in California, 207,991 households have not been able to pay their rent. The dark blue areas of the map are the higher areas where people are behind on rent the most. The lighter areas are where people are almost on time with their rent payments.

Since covid started people faced multiple challenges, rent being one of them. Per studies from '' 68.9 million people either quit or were laid off due to the crisis at the time. By that time most people started relying on the government in order to pay their rent. Since most people were receiving a rough estimate of $600 every 1-2 weeks. Which caused job rates to lower due to the fact people were realizing they were getting more money being at home.

Groceries are something that is very important for someone's daily life. An average family of 4 spends a rough estimate of $10,680 a year according to ''Fox Bussines''.

Gas:

Gas is another big expense for anyone. We all know gas prices going up is notgetting any easier for anyone. In California gas is now more that $5.57 a gallon. Depending on your car that decides how many gallons you need and how it will last. We are spending a little over $1,800 on average, according to ''NewNation''. So all these expenses dont make it any easier for anyone.

Rent Control is a possible solutions to be able to afford rent. Rent Control means that the landlord has to give a minimum amount of how much is going to be payed and rent can only increse by 3% every year. This can be helpful because it gives the tenant an amount of rent that they know they can afford. Without rent control people would go through the fear of their rent increasing more than 5% per year. There is some controversy about this solution but it can be helpful towards low income households.