Recent Streetsblog LA posts about homelessness

KItown for All presenting a large check mocking the city's inability to take broad advantage of federal funding for Project Roomkey. Photos by Joe Linton

Activists Urge L.A. City Expand Project Roomkey Via Unlimited Federal Funds

By Joe Linton | Mar 4, 2021 | No Comments

The FEMA is offering 100 percent reimbursement, but L.A. City is having difficulty finding up-front funding to use hotels as homes for unhoused neighbors

Garcetti Funds Extension of Roomkey for 1,200 Rooms, but Council Wants City to Think Bigger

By Damien Newton | Feb 11, 2021 | No Comments

Bonin: "They say where there's a will there's a way; In this case, there has to be a way." Raman: "We need to be ambitious; I've heard the word 'hundreds' but we need be hearing 'thousands' [of new rooms to be added to Roomkey]."

Move in day for one participant in Project Roomkey. Image via L.A. County.

Garcetti Moves to Bring “Hundreds” of Unhoused into Project Roomkey with New Federal Funds

By Damien Newton | Feb 4, 2021 | No Comments

What would you do if you had unlimited funds to run a program to provide housing to the unhoused during the pandemic?

Documentary by Gardena High Alum Centers Stories of L.A.’s Unhoused Black Women

By Joe Linton and Sahra Sulaiman | Dec 22, 2020 | No Comments

Watch Zorrie Petrus' film 'Defining Ourselves For Ourselves: Unhoused, Black, and Female in L.A.'

Rendering of the entrance to permanent supportive housing in Kensington. Image: City of Lancaster

Kensington Campus Opens in Lancaster Providing Temporary Housing, Permanent Housing, and Jobs for Antelope Valley’s Homeless

By Damien Newton | Oct 19, 2020 | No Comments

"It was built to be as inviting as possible. We wanted to treat people like people." says Mayor Parris.

There's a lot riding on Metro's Public Safety Advisory Committee. Image via Metro

Metro Seeking Applicants to Serve on Public Safety Task Force to Re-envision Transit Policing

By Joe Linton | Oct 16, 2020 | No Comments

Do you have what it takes to reimagine Metro public safety? Apply to volunteer on Metro's Public Safety Advisory Committee. Applications due November 13.

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