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Why it's hard to spread homeless services outside of downtown LA's Skid Row
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Jun 2, 2015
Why it's hard to spread homeless services outside of downtown LA's Skid Row
The L.A. Mission is closing a 45-unit apartment building it owns, saying residents must leave within two weeks.
Skid Row in Los Angeles.
Skid Row in Los Angeles.
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The L.A. Mission is closing a 45-unit apartment building it owns, saying residents must leave within two weeks.

In Hollywood, a home for families who are transitioning out of homelessness is shutting down.

The L.A. Mission is closing a 45-unit apartment building it owns, saying residents must leave within two weeks.

The reason? The Mission's president Herb Smith told the LA Times it's because the building was too far from the services it offered in downtown L.A.'s Skid Row.

It points at a problem in tackling homelessness -- how to offer assistance to people without concentrating them in one particular neighborhood.

Joel Roberts, CEO of the organization People Assisting the Homeless (PATH) has more.