To the editor: You lately ran a narrative on low- and moderate-income renters possibly facing eviction. An advocate for low-income housing in single-family neighborhoods, Maria Briones, requested, “Why do solely wealthy individuals have the fitting to have a ravishing home, stunning environment?”
Shoving reasonably priced condo buildings into single-family neighborhoods wouldn’t truly put their tenants in “stunning homes,” however it could deprive neighbors of the “stunning environment” to which Briones feels entitled.
You additionally printed one other article on tenants who organized to save rent-controlled apartments and their ongoing efforts to construct fairness. A frontrunner within the marketing campaign, Mary Carmen Martinez, stated their eventual success would make her really feel “like I’ve completed my targets.”
Briones’ punitive strategy to reasonably priced housing destroys the character and enchantment of single-family neighborhoods. Martinez’s productive strategy improves the steadiness and luxury of less-advantaged neighborhoods. Hats off to Martinez and the activists and applications that make Los Angeles a greater metropolis.
Shelley Wagers, Los Angeles
