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Housing & Homelessness
The court decision Thursday is the latest in an ongoing fight over whether the L.A. region’s lead homeless services agency can access and direct federal dollars.
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The homelessness crisis — and how to fix it — continues to be one of the biggest issues for voters. But outreach workers, tasked with bringing people indoors, are dealing with their own challenges.
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Critics of the ordinance say it won’t do much to curb bike thefts and puts vulnerable communities at risk.
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At one shelter, unhoused people were awakened around 6 a.m. by bright gym lights and military-style boot camp shouting, telling them they had to leave.
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The new Supportive Housing Division of the Los Angeles Department of Children and Family Services aims to streamline the housing services process for people ages 18 to 24 who are aging out of foster care and probation.
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With amendments to the city’s anti-camping laws that prevent unhoused people from camping around schools or daycares likely to pass, data shows there is a pipeline of children, many of them foster youth, who will likely be subject to these anti-camping laws in the near future.
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L.A. Unified Superintendent Alberto Carvalho attended the meeting to advocate for the increased restrictions and told the City Council that there is a “personal responsibility” to protect students.
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With roughly 48,000 unsheltered people in L.A. County, creating more options for housing and speeding up the process to get people inside is necessary.
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Tenants facing large rent hikes cheered a City Council vote to acquire their building. But the landlord doesn’t want to sell.
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The Young People to the Front campaign brings together experts on homelessness and unhoused youth. They want the city to invest more into their needs.
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People with lived experience are calling on officials to rethink their approach by providing a peek behind the curtain in the mind of an addict and common sense solutions.
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Tenants at the Chesapeake apartments still deal with mold, pests and leaking sewage despite years of complaints and an LAist investigation exposing neglect.
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The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) met with service providers, elected officials, government partners, and people with lived experience to make sure it is effectively addressing homelessness.
