Saturday, June 20, 2015

HOUSING FIRST OP ED BY MOLLIE LOWERY LA TIMES - UTAH HOUSES NEAR ALL ITS HOMELESS - AND LOS ANGELES?

LA TIMES OP ED - Mollie Lowery on HOUSING FIRST

Excerpt:

Utah announced recently that, in the last 10 years, it has successfully housed 91% of its chronically homeless population: 1,764 out of 1,932 people. There are now fewer than 200 chronically homeless people in the entire state. By contrast, Los Angeles County's chronically homeless population rose from 7,475 in 2013 to 12,356 this year, according to the latest estimate.

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