Lack of affordable housing in Los Angeles' Venice Beach neighborhood inspires activism and art

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As more and more of her friends and neighbors found themselves priced out of rental units in Venice Beach, Judy Branfman began photographing the dozens of houses, bungalows and apartments being sold, renovated and then relisted at double or triple the cost.

A close-up of a map part of an installation for an exhibit titled"Where Has All The Housing Gone is seen at the Beyond Baroque gallery, Friday, Nov. 3, 2023, in the Venice Beach area of Los Angeles. The Los Angeles gallery installation offers a unique art-meets-data look at the eviction crisis in the Venice Beach neighborhood. LOS ANGELES —

Branfman's initial notion to just shoot a few photos has culminated in an unlikely but ambitious art-meets-data exhibit titled “Where Has All The Housing Gone?” It's on display through Saturday at Venice's venerable Beyond Baroque gallery, a hub for cultural events and activism dating back to the late 1960s.

The area was a flashpoint because of its visibility as a city landmark — the boardwalk attracts an estimated 10 million visitors per year. A certain edginess always coexisted with a live-and-let-live ethos in the artsy beach community, but the widening of the wealth gap has become increasingly apparent as tech firms moved in and sleek modern homes went up.

“Some 3,500 housing units are at high or very high risk of losing their affordability terms, threatening to push more families into homelessness,” said the report. “A significant dip in affordable housing that started in 2022 post-COVID-19 continues to trend downward.” “Too many tenants are afraid to fight back. And most don't know what their rights are under the law,” she said. And even when tenants do file complaints against landlords, she said, the city very rarely prosecutes the claims.

 

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