Interim Housing

Interim Housing provides safe temporary accommodations for people who otherwise have nowhere to spend the night.

These may be congregate or non-congregate settings, and some serve specific populations, such as men, women, families, seniors, youth emancipating from foster care, adults discharged from hospitals or exiting jails, domestic violence survivors, and people needing health care, mental health care, and/or substance use disorder treatment.

The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA)’s 2021 Housing Inventory Count found the LA region’s shelter capacity on any given night is 24,616 beds, a 57% increase over three years. About 5,000 of those beds receive funding from Measure H.

A Plan to Address the Shelter Crisis

The Los Angeles County Departments of Health Services (DHS), Mental Health Services (DMH), and Public Health – Substance Abuse Prevention and Control (DPH-SAPC), as well as the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA), administer a variety of interim housing beds, a subset of which receive Measure H funding, including the below.

Recuperative Care: for individuals discharged from an inpatient hospital setting; includes on-site medical and supportive services.

Stabilization Housing: for individuals with complex health and/or behavioral health conditions who need a higher level of support services than is available in most shelters.

Mental Health Interim Housing: temporary shelter for homeless adults with mental illness who are willing to receive treatment, as well as for their minor children.

Enriched Residential Care: (also known as Board and Care) for clients with mental illness who require 24/7 care.

Enhanced Emergency Shelter Program for Transition Age Youth: a supportive housing environment for up to 36 nights before transitioning to permanent housing.

Recovery Bridge Housing: abstinence-focused, peer-supported housing that supports the recovery of individuals undergoing substance use disorder treatment.

Crisis Housing: emergency shelter intended to help people quickly exit to permanent housing; includes beds for various sub-populations including individuals, families, and youth transitioning out of foster care; includes non-congregate interim housing such as Tiny Homes.

Bridge Housing: emergency shelter with enhanced services to help people quickly exit to permanent housing; includes beds for various sub-populations including individuals, families, women, youth transitioning out of foster care, older adults, and people exiting institutions; includes non-congregate interim housing such as Tiny Homes.

Transitional Housing for Victims of Domestic Violence/Intimate Partner Violence: Temporary housing for up to 24 months for individuals or families (with or without children).

Winter Shelter: annual site-based, 14- to 24-hour program between November 1 – March 31, while the Extended Winter Shelter Program stretches beyond that time frame when needed.

Safe Parking: provides vehicle dwellers with a safe and legal place to park and sleep at night, along with referrals and linkages to community resources.