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Get to Know Some of Our Homeless Services Providers 600 541 CVillacorte

Get to Know Some of Our Homeless Services Providers

Rehousing LA is shining a light on some of our homeless services providers and telling their stories. Get to know Pamela, a vocational case manager at St. Joseph Center. And Scott, a peer specialist at the VA. There’s also Juana,…

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L.A’.s first street psychiatrist transforming homeless lives 600 541 CVillacorte

L.A’.s first street psychiatrist transforming homeless lives

Los Angeles Times reporter Doug Smith joined Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health psychiatrist Dr. Shayan Rab on his sidewalk rounds as the leader of a small but growing initiative in street-based treatment that is beginning to make inroads…

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14 Hotels to Become Housing with Homekey 2.0 600 541 CVillacorte

14 Hotels to Become Housing with Homekey 2.0

Building on the success of Project Homekey 1.0, Los Angeles County has secured $243 million in state funding for Homekey 2.0 which it will use to convert 14 hotels and multi-family apartments into interim or permanent housing for people experiencing…

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Diverting Homeless from Jail into Housing Pays for Itself 600 541 CVillacorte

Diverting Homeless from Jail into Housing Pays for Itself

A program that diverts some people with a history of homelessness from Los Angeles County jails into permanent supportive housing can significantly lower taxpayer spending on services such as hospital care and shelter use, according to a new RAND Corporation report.…

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Innovative Housing Model in Santa Fe Springs 600 541 CVillacorte

Innovative Housing Model in Santa Fe Springs

Construction is under way on an innovative 5-acre complex in Santa Fe Springs that will feature interim and permanent supportive housing and affordabwe apartments for low-income and vulnerable seniors and families, and homeless families with children. Located at Lakeland Rd.…

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Cared for by an Army of Angels 600 541 CVillacorte

Cared for by an Army of Angels

Los Angeles Times columnist Steve Lopez tagged along as the Los Angeles County Department of Health’s Housing for Health division visited the homes of formerly unhoused patients with serious medical conditions. He said, “L.A. County voters deserve a pat on…

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Restorative Care Village is Taking Shape 600 541 CVillacorte

Restorative Care Village is Taking Shape

Phase 1 of the LAC+USC Medical Center Restorative Care Village is now complete, a $68.5 million investment that will provide an innovative, healing environment for Los Angeles County residents. “It is the first step in realizing my larger vision that…

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Socorro Provides Shelter and Substance Use Treatment 600 541 CVillacorte

Socorro Provides Shelter and Substance Use Treatment

A 75-bed substance use disorder treatment facility called Socorro – “help” in Spanish – has opened in East Hollywood to offer residential detoxification, residential and transitional living opportunities for adults 18 and over, many of them experiencing homelessness, and primarily…

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Tiny Home Village Opens in Torrance 600 541 CVillacorte

Tiny Home Village Opens in Torrance

A tiny home village has opened in Torrance to temporarily shelter people experiencing homelessness until they can be connected to a home of their own. “This program will provide a safe, comfortable place for people to stay while they get connected with permanent…

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Eviction Protections in Place for Renters 600 541 CVillacorte

Eviction Protections in Place for Renters

The Los Angeles County Department of Consumer and Business Affairs (DCBA)  announced that, as of July 1, 2022, low-income households in Los Angeles County are protected from eviction for nonpayment of rent under Phase II of the County’s COVID-19 Tenant Protections Resolution.…

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