As affordable housing disappears, states scramble to shore up the losses 

An aerial view shows Hillside Villa, bottom center, an apartment complex where Marina Maalouf is a longtime tenant, in Los Angeles, Oct. 1, 2024. Marina Maalouf, a longtime resident of Hillside Villa, sits on a sofa as her granddaughter eats pizza for lunch in their apartment in Los Angeles, Oct. 1, 2024. Marina Maalouf, who participated in protests after rents doubled in 2019, stands for a photo outside her apartment building in Los Angeles on Sept. 18, 2024.

For more than two decades, the low rent on Marina Maalouf’s apartment in a blocky affordable housing development in Los Angeles’ Chinatown was a saving grace for her family, including a granddaughter who has autism.