Winter firestorms can give housing bills a fresh start

What mortgage help can you get after a natural disaster?

What mortgage help can you get aft er a natural disasNatural disasters are becoming more common and expensive. According to AccuWeather, the January LA fires may have caused a record $275 billion in damage when the final numbers are in.…

Winter firestorms can give housing bills a fresh start

By almost any measure, the spate of housing bills adopted by California lawmakers over the last five years has failed. But the January firestorm that swept through large parts of Los Angeles County may give them new life. Those fires, ranging across portions of a 40-mile stretch on the south slope of the Santa Monica and San Gabriel mountains, destroyed more homes and apartments than any fire California had seen before. The preeminent goal of th…