In October, LAHSA and its partners successfully ramped down the Project Roomkey program sites at the Airtel in Van Nuys and the Highland Gardens in Hollywood respectively. Throughout the ramp-down process, LAHSA and its partners successfully helped 52 Project Roomkey participants end their homelessness through permanent housing. …

On October 26, the California Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency announced that it awarded a $15 million grant to LAHSA and the homeless rehousing system to provide shelter and a path to permanent housing for 500 unsheltered women and families living on Skid Row. This vital funding will further…

On November 1, the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) officially kicked off the Winter Shelter Program for the 2022–2023 winter season. …

The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority Commission has appointed Stephen David Simon as the agency’s new interim executive director. Simon previously served as executive director of the City of Los Angeles’s Department on Disability in addition to working with the Raben Group and the AIDS Project. Simon’s first day will…

Drug overdoses amongst our unhoused Angelenos have been on the rise for the past seven years and have been the greatest contributor to an increase in homelessness deaths. …

LAHSA is responsible for coordinating and leading the effort to ramp down each Project Roomkey (PRK) site alongside its partnered PRK non-profit service providers. LAHSA’s primary goal in the ramp-down process is to ensure every unhoused Angelo successfully exits homelessness. …

In an effort to continue to support legislation that helps our unhoused neighbors, LAHSA’s Commission recently expressed their support for The Housing for All Act. LAHSA has two letters that support this bill, one for the Senate version, S.3788, introduced by Senator Alex Padilla, and another for the House version…

On June 22, 2022, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced that the Biden Administration is releasing a first-of-its-kind package of resources specifically created to address unsheltered homelessness and homeless encampments. This funding can make a huge impact in places such as Los Angeles County, where unsheltered…

Brenda Perseverance is at the heart of our families’ — and our mentors’ success! Both mentor and mentee must invest time and effort in their relationship, be highly communicative, show vulnerability, and work to bridge any differences so they might grow together. This isn’t easy. Despite the challenges, Brenda Imes…