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A deal to buy Skid Row homeless housing fell apart. Here's why vulnerable tenants and taxpayers are at risk
An agreement for the world's largest AIDS charity to buy a half-dozen troubled homeless housing developments in Skid Row collapsed Thursday, throwing into disarray the future of the properties and ...
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The Citizens of Skid Row: A View from Inside the Hub of L.A.'s Unhoused Community
Skid Row has existed for at least a century ... $1 billion into an escrow account to pay for fast-tracked shelter and housing—which might make this the first real attempt to reverse the decades ...
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A ‘safe haven’ for homeless women provides second chances on LA’s Skid Row
This is a safe haven for ladies,” said Ms. Angie, senior resident manager of the Downtown Women’s Center, while speaking to ...
Los Angeles Magazine2y
Skid Row Nation: How L.A.’s Homelessness Crisis Response Spread Across the Country
Skid Row, she says, has always been grimy ... that homelessness is caused by high housing prices, and thus the only solution to it is affordable permanent housing; until enough of that is built ...
Cartoonist Lalo Alcaraz reads his book Poquita’s Garden to children in Skid Row
Alcaraz told the students about his book featuring Amaya, a girl who turns a neglected city lot into a thriving garden.
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Cartoonist Lalo Alcaraz reads his book Poquita’s Garden to children in Skid Row
Para Los Nino helps families in the area, and connects them to housing resources. “One example,” she said, “Union Rescue Mission is the only family shelter on Skid Row. We are their partner ...