After years in foster homes and shelters, Idressa now has a place of her own, made possible through the Los Angeles County Development Authority (LACDA)’s Homeless Incentive Program, which offers monetary incentives to encourage landlords to rent their available units…
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Devon struggled for years to maintain consistent employment. He and his girlfriend experienced housing stability off and on and eventually resorted to sleeping in their car. When their car broke down, they had no choice but to couch surf with…
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Click on the image to watch Spectrum News 1’s coverage of the SagePointe groundbreaking ceremony. Emma is one of 55 seniors now living at SagePointe, a supportive housing community that recently opened in the Wilmington neighborhood of Los Angeles to…
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Los Angeles County’s Pathway Home program has helped 27 people transition from several encampments into a new apartment complex, thanks in part to a newly expanded effort to increase the affordable housing stock through master leasing. All of the new…
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Los Angeles County’s encampment resolution program, Pathway Home, has housed its first client: Dawn Toftee, who had been homeless for 19 years. Dawn and her beloved dog, Fatty, moved into their own apartment just eight weeks after Pathway Home brought…
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After serving three tours of duty in Iraq with the U.S. Army, Alberto, 37, returned home only to battle homelessness for nearly 10 years. He had found it extremely difficult to navigate civilian life, resources, and benefits but said he…
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Paula, a 55-year-old Native American single mother, and her three children, lost their home in a fire caused by a faulty outlet earlier this year. She had become unemployed shortly before the fire, and homelessness took a toll on the…
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After losing her job of 28 years at the VA Long Beach, Yvette, 62, lived in her car and in shelters in Santa Ana, Bell, and Whittier for about 10 years. After being hospitalized in Whittier and later Compton, she…
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Christopher, 48, moved in with his mother and sister in 2017 after serving time in prison. Unfortunately, his sister passed away a few months later. As Christopher and his mother were not on his sister’s lease, they became homeless. Without…
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