SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF NON PROFIT HOUSING HUD REPORT ON HOMELESSNESS

This is Housing and Urban Development's report on the state of homelessness - more rural and suburban poor. We are hearing that all HUD FUNDED SHELTERS/BEDS are going to be offering less stay time. no matter what shelter or program. All or most non military or non mental health program residents of one local shelter's Transitional Living Program have been given 30 days notice. According to our source, the director of Los Angeles Family Housing, informed all TLP residents of the change about a week ago, saying there would be no more waiting for SSI. Residents at that shelter were short noticed that they needed to attend a meeting and refusal to attend would mean automatic 30 day notice to terminate. A couple weeks before that all shelter residents - no matter what program - were tested for drug use and again were told that refusal to test would be an automatic termination. According to our source, medical marijuana prescription owners are allowed to stay though they tested positive but OPIATE users (heroin) were terminated. Lots of upset among residents at that shelter, but more homeless need to be given a 90 day chance to turn their lives around.