To help Metro with its enhanced efforts to improve safety on its trains and buses, Los Angeles County is providing its mobile medical units in key locations to provide immediate health and social services to people experiencing homelessness. The first-of-its-kind…
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While Los Angeles County, nonprofit organizations and private developers are actively building new affordable and supportive housing units to address the homelessness emergency, a parallel effort is under way to preserve one critical form of existing housing. The Board of…
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Avenida, Los Angeles County’s latest Project Homekey for permanent supportive housing, is opening in the Koreatown/Rampart Village area with 75 studio apartments for people experiencing homelessness. Holos Communities partnered with Los Angeles County to renovate the former hotel through Homekey…
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A first-of-its-kind recuperative care center and interim housing for women experiencing homelessness has opened in Skid Row. Called The Oasis, it’s a 40-bed facility designed to help women heal from illness or injury while waiting placement into permanent housing. The Oasis…
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As part of its continuing budget process, the Los Angeles County Homeless Initiative released a preliminary draft spending plan of $556.4 million for fiscal year 2022-2023. The amount represents a 5.5% increase over the $527.1 million approved for the current…
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LA County is Converting More Hotels and Motels Being Converted into Housing Homekey is an innovative partnership between Los Angeles County and the State of California to purchase and rehabilitate properties, including hotels and motels, and convert them into housing…
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LA County is Surveying Faith Communities to Support Their Homeless Services Faith-Based Organizations have a time-honored tradition of service to people in need, providing compassion, charitable donations, safe haven, and more, in the practice of their beliefs. Since its inception,…
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But with homelessness still on the rise, new strategies are being rolled out to help the growing numbers of people experiencing homelessness. Los Angeles County has housed about 80,000 people experiencing homelessness over the last five years – about 1.5…
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Los Angeles County has housed about 80,000 people experiencing homelessness over the last five years – about 1.5 times the capacity of Dodger Stadium – and provided many more with shelter and services to help them get back on their…
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In an effort to improve Los Angeles County’s ability to effectively battle the homeless crisis gripping the region, the Board of Supervisors approved a motion by Supervisors Kathryn Barger and Hilda L. Solis to revamp how the County governs its…
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