Newsroom – Page 3 – Homeless Initiative

July 26, 2023

Homekey: Dunamis House Making the Grade

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The stories of young people who once were at risk…

July 26, 2023

Mobile Clinics Supporting Metro

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To help Metro with its enhanced efforts to improve safety…

July 21, 2023

Preserving Existing Residential Care Facilities

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While Los Angeles County, nonprofit organizations and private developers are…

July 20, 2023

Homekey: Avenida Welcomes Homeless

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Avenida, Los Angeles County’s latest Project Homekey for permanent supportive…

June 30, 2023

Yolanda and Her Kids Have a Home

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Every parent can relate – we all want a better…

June 30, 2023

Stacie Finds a Home

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Stacie has found a home after 23 years of homelessness…

June 29, 2023

2023 Homeless Count Prompts Vows to Take Urgent Action

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The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority reported the 2023 Greater…

June 16, 2023

More Housing and Services in Skid Row

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More than half of the homeless population in Skid Row…

June 14, 2023

Inside Safe in Chatsworth Houses 50 People

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The City and County of Los Angeles worked hand-in-hand on…

June 10, 2023

Homeless Outreach by Specialized Teams in Long Beach

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The Department of Health Services’ Housing for Health…

June 1, 2023

LA County Removes Abandoned, Destroyed RVs

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LA County departments work to remove burned and abandoned RVs…

May 18, 2023

White House launches ALL INside

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The Biden Administration launched ALL INside, a first-of-its-kind initiative to…

May 17, 2023

More Outreach Teams on Metro Transit System

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Metro is doubling the number of outreach teams in its…

May 15, 2023

Homekey: The Woodlands Welcomes Families

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Hope the Mission and Los Angeles County partnered to transform…

May 12, 2023

Huntington Square

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Construction is under way on Huntington Square, an affordable and…

May 8, 2023

Sunny Garden Apartments

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Take a tour of Sunny Gardens Apartments, an affordable housing…

May 3, 2023

Operation Stay Safe

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After four years of living on the streets, Denise, 66,…

May 3, 2023

Brenda Pays It Forward

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Brenda journeyed from addiction to sobriety, and from homelessness to…

May 3, 2023

L.A. Care and Health Net Invest $114M to Fight Homelessness

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L.A. Care Health Plan and Health Net are investing $114 million over multiple…

May 2, 2023

Homekey Motel to Become 7th Avenue Village

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One of first motels acquired by Los Angeles County through…

May 1, 2023

Disabled Domestic Violence Survivor Finds Home

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Linda, a disabled senior and a domestic violence survivor, was…

April 20, 2023

Equa Grand Opening in La Puente

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Equa, a new 81-unit affordable and supportive housing community has…

April 19, 2023

Historic LA Alliance Settlement

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Los Angeles County reached a groundbreaking settlement with LA Alliance…

April 17, 2023

Jay Adjusts to Life Indoors

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Jay, 55, fell into homelessness due to a confluence of…

April 13, 2023

From Tiny Home to a Home of Her Own

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Mary Peña lost the space she was renting when her…

April 7, 2023

Homekey Motel 6 to Become 97 Homes

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One of Los Angeles County’s original Homekey sites in unincorporated…

April 6, 2023

More Housing for Veterans

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A historic 1940’s building at the West Los Angeles VA…

April 5, 2023

County Support for Inside Safe

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Los Angeles County pledged to support Los Angeles City in…

March 31, 2023

Stay Housed LA

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As of April 1, 2023 there are no more COVID-19…

March 28, 2023

A Home for Ana and Her Kids

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After Olive View Medical Center diagnosed her with multiple chronic…

March 23, 2023

Housed For the First Time in 20 Years

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When his mother and grandmother died, Mitchell was forced to…

March 21, 2023

Making a Fresh Start with Housing First

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Spectrum News 1 reports on how housing changed Boyce Osife’s…

March 17, 2023

New Address for Student Success: Dunamis House

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There’s a new address for student success: Dunamis House. The…

March 17, 2023

Ryan Reaches His Goal

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Ryan, 31, was captain of his high school soccer team…

March 17, 2023

Silverio Achieves Self-Sufficiency

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Silverio, 62, was in a halfway house on parole when…

March 17, 2023

A Home for Ariana and Her Baby

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After transitioning out of the foster care system, Ariana, 20,…

March 17, 2023

The Alvarado Brings Hope to Homeless Families

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Families experiencing homelessness will soon find a safe haven at…

March 17, 2023

Learn and Earn with Careers for a Cause

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Another class has graduated from a Los Angeles County program…

March 17, 2023

Manuel Moves Up

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Manuel, 30, became homeless after fleeing a rundown East LA…

February 7, 2023

LA County Funds Solutions Amid Homeless Emergency

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Four weeks after declaring a local emergency on homelessness, the…

February 2, 2023

Federal Funding Tackles Visible Concentrated Homelessness

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The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) granted…

January 26, 2023

Homeless Count Sheds Light on Scope of Crisis

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Thousands of volunteers fanned out across 4,000 square miles of…

January 11, 2023

LA County Declares State of Emergency on Homelessness

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The Board of Supervisors proclaimed a Local Emergency for…

January 11, 2023

Call for Volunteers on Homeless Count

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The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) announced an array…

January 11, 2023

Former Foster Kids Find Home

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Once he turned 21, foster youth Tysaiah Cooper was aging…

January 11, 2023

Housing for Native Americans

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Spectrum News 1’s Lydia Pantazes recently visited a South Los…

January 3, 2023

Federal Plan on Homelessness

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The Biden-Harris administration released a federal plan for ending homelessness…

January 2, 2023

Verna is a Survivor

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Verna lived in Skid Row for years after fleeing a…

December 26, 2022

Herman is Home

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Herman experienced homelessness for decades before being placed at a…

December 22, 2022

Homekey Round 3

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The State of California Department of Housing and Community Development’s…

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