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A Veteran Gets a Fresh Start 600 541 Homeless Initiative

A Veteran Gets a Fresh Start

After serving two tours of duty in Iraq with the U.S. Army, Ronald settled down in Texas with his wife, three children, and a new career as an IT college instructor. When the Covid-19 pandemic hit, however, his school shut…

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Pathway Home in Palmdale  600 541 Homeless Initiative

Pathway Home in Palmdale 

Los Angeles County’s Pathway Home program recently helped 86 people surviving in makeshift desert encampments and dilapidated RVs in Palmdale move into safe interim housing, where they will receive supportive services and other resources to help them transition out of…

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Two Reasons to Celebrate 600 541 Homeless Initiative

Two Reasons to Celebrate

It was a momentous day for Lisa. It began with her getting off the streets and into a hotel room, thanks to Pathway Home. It ended with her attending her son’s high school graduation. Lisa, 53 years old, began experiencing…

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Veteran on a Pathway Home 600 541 Homeless Initiative

Veteran on a Pathway Home

A retired Army veteran, musician and singer, David fell into homelessness when his wife passed away and he was evicted from their home as his name was not on the formal lease. He lived on the streets of Monrovia for…

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Janie Finds Joy and Peace 600 541 Homeless Initiative

Janie Finds Joy and Peace

For many years Janie worked as an advocate for people experiencing homelessness. When her partner left her unexpectedly, she found herself unable to pay the bills on her own and fell into homelessness herself during the COVID pandemic. Janie spent…

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Innovative Strategies to Increase Housing 600 541 Homeless Initiative

Innovative Strategies to Increase Housing

The Los Angeles region’s tight rental market and landlord discrimination – both legal and illegal – often make it difficult to rent an apartment, even with a subsidy. Los Angeles County’s Unit Acquisition strategies, which include master leasing and landlord…

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Flying High at Aviation Apts 600 541 Homeless Initiative

Flying High at Aviation Apts

Los Angeles County has opened its latest Homekey project, Aviation Apartments, with its nonprofit partner, Venice Community Housing. Among the new tenants are people who participated in the County’s first Pathway Home encampment resolution, conducted in nearby unincorporated Lennox. Aviation…

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Homeless Initiative Creative Strategist Patrisse Cullors 600 541 Homeless Initiative

Homeless Initiative Creative Strategist Patrisse Cullors

Patrisse Cullors. Photo by Ryan Pfluger The Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture (Arts and Culture) has announced that artist and abolitionist Patrisse Cullors has been selected for a residency in the area of homelessness as part of…

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Faith Communities Step Up to Address Homelessness 600 541 Homeless Initiative

Faith Communities Step Up to Address Homelessness

Los Angeles County and the faith community are working to build and strengthen their joint efforts to help people experiencing homelessness. The Faith Collaborative to End Homelessness, in partnership with the Los Angeles County Homeless Initiative and Los Angeles Homeless…

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1-Year Progress Report: Emergency Response 600 541 Homeless Initiative

1-Year Progress Report: Emergency Response

In the one year since the Board of Supervisors unanimously declared a state of emergency on homelessness, Los Angeles County reported that nearly 38,000 people came indoors to interim housing while outreach and treatment dramatically increased for those living on…

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