The California Strategic Growth Council announced the seventh round of its Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities program grants, which included $30.8 million to Meta Housing Corp. and Los Angeles County for their Metro at Florence project. The project will catalyze…
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The City and County of Los Angeles worked hand-in-hand on an Inside Safe operation in Chatsworth, bringing more than 50 unhoused residents indoors, and resolving an encampment located alongside a flood control channel and transit station. Inside Safe is a…
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Bradley experienced homelessness for six years, most recently sleeping in an encampment by the Lennox Library. A Measure H-funded LAHSA Homeless Engagement Team (HET) helped her get financial assistance from St. Margret’s Center, move into a Section 8 rental unit…
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During the five years that Brynn, 41, was homeless, several street outreach teams engaged with her, including Measure H-funded multi-disciplinary teams (MDTs) from LA Family Housing (LAFH) and Northeast Valley Medical Center, LAHSA HOST outreach teams, Roadmaps, CARE, and Hope…
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Willie, 71, had been homeless for five years, struggling with his sobriety and gambling, when he found an interim housing bed at the Russ Hotel. After two years there, he got approved for an apartment in Lennox, with help from…
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The State of California Department of Housing and Community Development’s (HCD’s) Homekey Program provides funding to local public entities (and their co-applicants) to purchase and rehabilitate housing, including hotels, motels, vacant apartment buildings, and other buildings and convert them into interim…
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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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