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Silver Star Apartments

New construction of an apartment building consisting of 48 one-bedroom units and one (1) two-bedroom manager’s unit. The development is a 100% ...

Silver Star Apartments

Art for Enhancing Architecture

Colorful and lively works, which I currently sell via ArtLifting, are available for up-sizing as murals for large public and ...

Art for Enhancing Architecture

‘Challenging’ Westside homeless camp drew complaints. Now its residents are getting housing (LA Times)

Fighting the ‘isolation’ of homelessness, with the companionship of volunteer friends (LA Times)

Resources

Reports on Homelessness

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

2. United Way: Impact Report (2020)

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

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

5. LAHSA Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count (2020)

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

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

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

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

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