Los Angeles County’s Pathway Home program brought 25 people experiencing homelessness off the streets of Inglewood into safe interim housing, where they are receiving supportive services and other resources to help them transition out of homelessness and into permanent housing.
The latest Pathway Home operation continues the County’s emergency response to resolve encampments and return community areas to their intended use.
“Pathway Home encampment resolutions connect people to housing and services,” Supervisor Holly J. Mitchell said. “I am proud we are collaborating with the City of Inglewood on the County’s signature program to bring our unhoused constituents off the streets and into homes. I believe this is the right way to successfully have people say ‘yes’ to coming indoors with dignity.”
Joshua Tyson shows appreciation for his new interim housing at an Inglewood hotel during a Pathway Home operation, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024. (Photo by Michael Owen Baker)
“Inglewood is committed to ensuring that all of its residents have housing, and Pathway Home, a partnership with LA County, is a critical step towards achieving that goal,” Inglewood Mayor James T. Butts said. “This encampment resolution is a win-win for our city as it will bring unhoused residents indoors while also restoring our public spaces.”
The Inglewood operation is LA County’s 21st Pathway Home encampment resolution since the inception of the program in August 2023. More than 820 Los Angeles County residents have been brought indoors through Pathway Home, 145 of whom are now permanently housed and no longer experiencing homelessness. Meanwhile, 538 RV’s have been taken off the streets.
The LA County Homeless Initiative collaborated with the Office of Supervisor Mitchell and the City of Inglewood to conduct the Pathway Home operation on October 2, 2024.
The City of Inglewood, the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA), and the nonprofit service provider Mental Health America of Los Angeles were essential to bringing unsheltered residents indoors as they had built trusting relationships with them by providing engagement and support during their unhoused experience. Another nonprofit serviced provider, PATH, will work with them at the motel operating as their interim housing location.
Jeremie Nance, left, signs papers with PATH’s Stanley Busulwa as Nance registers to move into interim housing during a Pathway Home operation in Inglewood, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024. (Photo by Michael Owen Baker)
The LA County Department of Mental Health as well as the Department of Animal Care and Control were also critical partners in the operation.
“PATH is thrilled to partner with the County on the opening of Pathway Home Inglewood. Through this new interim housing site, we will be able to bring our unhoused neighbors indoors to connect with needed services,” PATH CEO Jennifer Hark Dietz said. “Once indoors, PATH will continue to support our participants with wraparound services with the ultimate goal of moving folks into their own permanent homes. To truly end homelessness and continue with the encouraging decline in the number of people living outdoors, we will need adequate interim housing options, wraparound support services, and enough affordable homes for people in need. PATH greatly appreciates our partnership with the County and looks forward to more openings of critically needed sites like this in the future.”
Pathway Home is an LA County Homeless Initiative-led encampment resolution program that is a critical component of the County’s comprehensive response to the local emergency on homelessness adopted by the Board of Supervisors in 2023. By leveraging emergency powers and partnerships with local jurisdictions, Pathway Home is a full-circle solution that brings people off the streets, into immediately available interim housing accompanied by a comprehensive suite of supportive services, and, ultimately, into safe, permanent homes.
Pathway Home is funded through Measure H, a ¼-cent sales tax approved by County voters in 2017 to prevent and address homelessness. Since the County started tapping Measure H revenue, it has placed 114,000 people into permanent housing – ending their homelessness. It has brought 151,000 people into interim housing, prevented 37,000 people from becoming homelessness; and provided many more people with a diverse array of supportive services.
Brandi Allen reacts upon entering her new interim housing at an Inglewood hotel during a Pathway Home operation, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024. (Photo by Michael Owen Baker)