Changes in Homelessness, Supportive Housing and Tenant Characteristics has been published by the Urban Institute for the Corporation for Supportive Housing.
The Hilton foundation gave a five year grant to the Corporation for Supportive Housing in 2005 to study and address long term homelessness in L.A. County. An initial report was made then to document baseline levels of homelessness and the efforts made by agencies in L.A. County fighting homelessness. This report is an update of that initial evaluation report. Inclu ded are: changes in numbers of people homeless (total, chronic, and disabled), who is being served by permanent supportive housing (single adults, families, as well as where they came from, for example, street or shelter), what government agencies and funding streams have done since the initial report, and more.
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Selected Findings:
- 14,000 more permanent supportive housing units are needed in L.A. County to end chronic homelessness (pg. 9).
- The vast majority of permanent supportive housing tenants surveyed were single adults 89%; families made up 5%. (pg. 10).
- 67% of permanent supportive housingtenants in L.A. County had a serious mental illness in 2007, compared to 55% in 2004 (pg. 12).
- For fiscal year 2007, permanent supportive housingprojects in LA County received $28.6 million in funding (for operating resources) compared to $25.7 million in 2004 (pg. 15).
United Way of Greater Los Angeles
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