At the moment, families and individuals on the verge of homelessness reside in the motel.; Credit: Maya Sugarman/KPCC Rina PaltaA controversial proposal to turn an old motel near Temple City into housing for homeless will not go through. Mercy Housing, a nonprofit developer, had planned on converting the Golden Motel on Rosemead Blvd. into apartments […]
June 18th, 2017; by Esmeralda Bermudez and Ruben Vives Timoteo Arevalos never imagined he’d end up here, loitering for hours on a bench at Hollenbeck Park in Boyle Heights, using his backpack as his pillow. He used to have a government job, but the recession hit and he was laid off. He then tried to […]
The Homeless Hub Blog- Authors: Stephen Gaetz & Melanie Redman June 14, 2017 Over the last months we’ve discussed Collective Impact at length here on the Hub. A Way Home as a coalition and the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness (a founding coalition member) support communities to have the tools they need to develop and implement […]
Even though this year’s homeless numbers increased, we should remain hopeful.
State Sen. Toni Atkins, D-San Diego, left, talks with Sen. Ricardo Lara, D-Bell Gardens, at the Senate on Wednesday, May 31, 2017, in Sacramento. By a 26-12 vote, the Senate approved Atkins’ bill, SB179, that would add a third gender option on state…
by Gale Holland and Doug Smith, May 31, 2017 Los Angeles County’s homeless population has soared 23% over last year despite increasing success in placing people in housing, according to the latest annual count released Wednesday. The sharp rise, to nearly 58,000, suggested that the pathway into homelessness continues to outpace intensifying efforts that — […]
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Jorge Campos, a high school senior from Palmdale, California, has experienced quite a bit in his short 17 years of life. Yet, despite obstacles that w… Read more: u.s. News , Teens, Homelessness, Harvard University, College Fi…
A brand new issue of the research journal Psychological Services has come out with an exclusive focus on homelessness, including veteran homelessness…. Read more: u.s. News , Psychology, Depression, Military, Homelessness, US …
In these days of chic office spaces with healthy juice bars, full-sized ferris wheels and slides that twirl three stories high, Amazon is doing someth… Read more: Homelessness, Amazon, Seattle, Real Estate, The Seattle Times, …
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