Articles for Supportive Housing

Joining Beverly Hills and Coronado in rebelling against state housing rules: this blue collar city
2 months, 1 week ago

Joining Beverly Hills and Coronado in rebelling against state housing rules: this blue collar city

LA Times  

People living along the riverbed in Norwalk near the 105/605 freeway interchange. We’ve decided to stand up for ourselves.” Norwalk City Councilmember Rick Ramirez, a supporter of shelter ban, stands in front of a future site for supportive housing. “It’s beyond cruel that Norwalk would ban the building of shelters while people are living on the city’s streets,” Newsom said …

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Editorial: Newsom is right to crack down on Norwalk for banning homeless shelters
3 months, 1 week ago

Editorial: Newsom is right to crack down on Norwalk for banning homeless shelters

LA Times  

The Norwalk City Council adopted a moratorium on homeless shelters and supportive housing. Rob Bonta warned the ban violated several state planning and fair housing laws, Norwalk leaders went ahead and voted in September to extend the moratorium to August 2025 — blocking Los Angeles County from launching a new effort to move people living in an encampment along the …

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More shelter beds and a crackdown on tents means fewer homeless encampments in San Francisco
3 months, 2 weeks ago

More shelter beds and a crackdown on tents means fewer homeless encampments in San Francisco

The Independent  

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The under-the-radar proposal to end homelessness in Los Angeles for $20 billion
3 months, 4 weeks ago

The under-the-radar proposal to end homelessness in Los Angeles for $20 billion

LA Times  

A homeless man waits for transportation to housing as Mayor Karen Bass’ Inside Safe program employees along with the Sanitation Bureau clean up homeless encampments along Hollywood Boulevard and Gower Street in Hollywood in August. It would cost $20.4 billion to end homelessness in Los Angeles in a decade, a price tag requiring local, state and federal governments to more …

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Editorial: Mostly empty mental hospital can help more people — without turning into a jail
4 months, 1 week ago

Editorial: Mostly empty mental hospital can help more people — without turning into a jail

LA Times  

A museum on the grounds of Metropolitan State Hospital, pictured in 2015. The Legislature passed a bill last week that would permit the state to lease some of the largely vacant land in Norwalk as supportive housing for people in need of psychiatric or substance use treatment. Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn and state Sen. Bob Archuleta want to …

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Realty draws hope from data
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Realty draws hope from data

China Daily  

A residential property project is under construction in Hefei, Anhui province. The sector is required to implement the new measures well, aim to promote the stable and healthy development of the property market, digest the existing inventories, optimize the newly developed properties, actively support the acquisition of existing commercial housing for government-subsidized housing, ensure the delivery of residential properties and …

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State grants $29M to convert Costa Mesa Travelodge into 76 units of supportive housing
4 months, 3 weeks ago

State grants $29M to convert Costa Mesa Travelodge into 76 units of supportive housing

LA Times  

A rendering of a 76-unit permanent supportive housing complex planned for the site of a former Travelodge on Costa Mesa’s Bristol Street. The lion’s share of the funding for the redevelopment of a Costa Mesa motel into permanent supportive housing for formerly homeless and at-risk individuals has finally fallen into place, meaning construction may soon begin at 1400 Bristol St. …

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As San Francisco cracks down on homeless encampments, a question rises: Where will people go?
5 months, 1 week ago

As San Francisco cracks down on homeless encampments, a question rises: Where will people go?

LA Times  

Outreach workers, backed by law enforcement officers, have fanned out across San Francisco in recent days in targeted efforts to dismantle some of the city’s most visible encampments. A week into what Mayor London Breed has called a “very aggressive” effort to clear homeless encampments across San Francisco, a key question looms: Where will the people living in those tents …

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It takes a village to house the homeless. Residents say the Cecil Hotel is failing to provide
1 year, 4 months ago

It takes a village to house the homeless. Residents say the Cecil Hotel is failing to provide

LA Times  

A homeless person is handed the keys to a room. “It’s the fallout of that that we see now.” L.A. County provided funding for 2,100 of those voucher holders to receive case management services, which includes at least one or two drop-in visits per month. “Second time I’ve been assaulted in the past two months.” He said he’s seen many …

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Is there a market solution to L.A. homeless housing?
1 year, 5 months ago

Is there a market solution to L.A. homeless housing?

LA Times  

Kelvin Calloway, second from left, at a permanent supportive housing complex under construction on the former parking lot of Bethel AME Church in Los Angeles. What Calloway had was $11.7 million in private sector capital that would allow Bethel AME Church to build 53 permanent housing units for homeless people on its property at 79th Street and Western Avenue. “It’s …

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Costa Mesa pays $4M toward converting Travelodge into 76 units of supportive housing
1 year, 6 months ago

Costa Mesa pays $4M toward converting Travelodge into 76 units of supportive housing

LA Times  

The Costa Mesa City Council on Tuesday considered a $4-million commitment to transitioning the Travelodge Orange County Airport into permanent housing through the state’s third round of Project Homekey funding. Costa Mesa’s effort to convert underused motels into permanent housing for vulnerable residents gained momentum Tuesday, when the City Council allocated $4 million toward the renovation of a Bristol Street …

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Vets must fight bureaucratic war to get promised VA housing in L.A.
1 year, 6 months ago

Vets must fight bureaucratic war to get promised VA housing in L.A.

LA Times  

U.S. Army veteran Eddie Sotelo, 34, who was homeless for almost a decade, stands inside his apartment on the VA campus in Los Angeles on June 14. He got sober, he said, and had a “spiritual awakening.” On his last day in the program, with nowhere but the streets to return to, he went to the VA in West L.A., …

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Editorial: Homeless people shouldn’t spend weeks proving they’re poor before they get an apartment
1 year, 7 months ago

Editorial: Homeless people shouldn’t spend weeks proving they’re poor before they get an apartment

LA Times  

Rosa Duran, who lived on the streets for more than three years, shows off her new apartment in PATH Metro Villas, a supportive-housing development for homeless individuals in Los Angeles. From Venice to downtown Los Angeles, Mayor Karen Bass’ Inside Safe program moved some 1,200 homeless people out of encampments into motels and hotels during her first four months in …

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Prescription for housing? California wants Medicaid to cover 6 months of rent
1 year, 9 months ago

Prescription for housing? California wants Medicaid to cover 6 months of rent

LA Times  

Stephen Morton lived homeless nearly two years, racking up huge Medi-Cal costs due to chronic illness. States are barred from using federal Medicaid dollars to pay directly for rent, but California’s governor is asking the administration of President Biden, a fellow Democrat, to authorize a new program called “transitional rent,” which would provide up to six months of rent or …

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Editorial: Skid Row Housing Trust’s downfall is a teachable moment for L.A., not a reason to give up
1 year, 10 months ago

Editorial: Skid Row Housing Trust’s downfall is a teachable moment for L.A., not a reason to give up

LA Times  

For decades, single-room occupancy hotels in downtown Los Angeles made up the only available and affordable housing for the poorest of the poor. Eventually Skid Row Housing Trust would become one of the largest and best-known producers of desperately needed permanent supportive housing on skid row. Skid Row Housing Trust’s downfall is a cautionary tale of what can go wrong …

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Berkeley’s People’s Park is again in a fight for the ages, now over UC student housing
1 year, 11 months ago

Berkeley’s People’s Park is again in a fight for the ages, now over UC student housing

LA Times  

Police attempt to prevent a crowd from entering People’s Park in Berkeley on Aug. 3. “It is unfortunately easy to imagine this new ‘CEQA impact’ being applied to perpetuate prejudice and stereotypes.” The tentative ruling also found that UC Berkeley failed to sufficiently analyze how its long-range plan for land and infrastructure development through 2036-37 could potentially displace some city …

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Number of homeless in O.C. drops by 17% over 3-year period, recent count shows
2 years, 7 months ago

Number of homeless in O.C. drops by 17% over 3-year period, recent count shows

LA Times  

The number of homeless people in Orange County has decreased by about 17% over the last three years, according to a homeless count that was released Wednesday. Finally, we’ve seen an increase in permanent supportive housing and housing choice vouchers dedicated to this specific overall reduction.” Amanda Hood and Fountain Valley Officer Adam Hunter look for homeless people during the …

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Kevin de León discusses his mayoral platform with the editorial board
2 years, 8 months ago

Kevin de León discusses his mayoral platform with the editorial board

LA Times  

The following is a transcript of Kevin de León’s meeting with the Los Angeles Times’ editorial board on March 3. Kevin de León No, it’s going to be a combination, Carla, of both the interim as well as permanent supportive housing. That if we build it, that the water shall come to Southern California — Robert Greene I’m sorry to …

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State awards $10.7M to convert Motel 6 in Costa Mesa into permanent supportive housing
2 years, 8 months ago

State awards $10.7M to convert Motel 6 in Costa Mesa into permanent supportive housing

LA Times  

The Motel 6 at 2274 Newport Blvd. in Costa Mesa will soon be converted into permanent supportive housing for homeless, at-risk individuals and veterans and provide affordable housing options for seniors. An effort to transition a Motel 6 on Costa Mesa’s Newport Boulevard into permanent supportive housing for homeless and at-risk individuals got the green light Wednesday, when the state …

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Orange County receives more funding to convert motels into housing for homeless
2 years, 9 months ago

Orange County receives more funding to convert motels into housing for homeless

LA Times  

Months after Orange County tallied the highest number of homeless deaths in a single year, the county has received $6 million in funding to convert another Stanton motel into permanent supportive housing. During the first round of Homekey funding, the county purchased the former Stanton Inn & Suites and Tahiti Motel to convert into 132 units of permanent supportive housing. …

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Costa Mesa looks to underused motels to help meet housing goals through Project Homekey
3 years, 1 month ago

Costa Mesa looks to underused motels to help meet housing goals through Project Homekey

LA Times  

Mesa Motel, located at 2205 Harbor Blvd. Two Costa Mesa motels could soon provide permanent supportive housing to homeless and at-risk individuals, after City Council members Tuesday agreed to apply through the state’s Project Homekey program to help acquire, rehabilitate and convert them into residential units. in Costa Mesa could be converted into living spaces through the state’s Project Homekey, …

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Editorial: Will homeless veterans ever get housing on land set aside for them?
3 years, 2 months ago

Editorial: Will homeless veterans ever get housing on land set aside for them?

LA Times  

Stephen Peck, left, president and chief executive of the nonprofit U.S. VETS, and Brian D’Andrea, a senior vice president at Century Housing, talk about proposed housing for veterans at the VA campus in West L.A. in 2019. Homeless veterans, mentally disabled or traumatized as a result of their service, and their advocates waged a long legal battle to force the …

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Could a San Francisco experiment be an answer to L.A.’s sprawling street encampments?
3 years, 8 months ago

Could a San Francisco experiment be an answer to L.A.’s sprawling street encampments?

LA Times  

On an unseasonably warm day in March, Michael Johnson lay in his tent, sweat dripping down his face, on Minna alley just off 6th Street in San Francisco’s Soma neighborhood. He was brought to one of San Francisco’s six sanctioned tent encampments, which sprouted up at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and have become a key part of the …

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How the pandemic led to a rare success in California’s effort to house the homeless
4 years ago

How the pandemic led to a rare success in California’s effort to house the homeless

LA Times  

Natosha Johnson sat in a chair in the apartment building lobby, looking exhausted and rubbing her legs as her four children shuttled trash bags full of the family’s possessions into an elevator and then into their new two-bedroom apartment. Some, such as the one where Johnson lives, will be immediately used as permanent supportive housing, in which social workers help …

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