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40 Prado Homeless Shelter

The new Homeless Services Center at 40 Prado consists of a single-story building of approximately 20,000 sf, which provides comprehensive support services ...

40 Prado Homeless Shelter

Unzipped: An Autopsy of American Inequality

UNZIPPED: An Autopsy of American Inequality is a searing exposé of the growing affordable housing crisis in America. This intimate ...

Unzipped: An Autopsy of American Inequality

Federal judge approves LA County deal to triple number of homeless beds (Pasadena Star News)

Can licensed tent villages ease California’s homelessness epidemic? This nonprofit thinks so (Los Angeles Times)

Resources

Reports on Homelessness

1. LAHSA Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count (2023)

2.Toward a New Understanding: The California Statewide Study of People Experiencing Homelessness (2023)

3. National Alliance to End Homelessness: State of Homelessness Report (2023)

4. Homelessness in Los Angeles: A unique crisis demanding new solutions (2023)

5. Reassessing the Homeless Initiative Strategies: A New Framework to End Homelessness in Los Angeles County (2022)

6. LAHSA Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count (2022)

7. Annual Homelessness Assessment Report to Congress (2022)

8. The 2022-2023 Budget: The Governor’s Homelessness Plan (2022)

9. County of Los Angeles Homelessness Initiative: Sixth Annual Affordable Housing Report (2022)

10. California Interagency Council on Homelessness: Action Plan

11. Homelessness Policy Research Institute: American Indian and Alaska Native Homelessness (2021)

12. LA County Public Health: Recent Trends in Mortality Rates and Causes of Death Among People Experiencing Homelessness in Los Angeles County (2021)

13. Committee for Greater LA: No Going Back: Policies for an Equitable and Inclusive Los Angeles (2020)

14. United Way: Impact Report (2020)

15. Los Angeles County Homelessness and Housing Map (2020)

16. State of Crisis: Dismantling Student Homelessness in California (2020)

17. LAHSA Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count (2020)

18. LAHSA Covid-19 Recovery Plan Report (2020)

19. Homelessness Policy Research Institute: Latinx Homelessness in Los Angeles (2020)

20. LAHSA on Black Homelessness in Los Angeles (2018)