Units built for unhoused people sitting empty
An American flag flies above the construction site of a multifamily housing development on June 2, 2023 in Los Angeles.Nearly 300 apartments built for unhoused people are sitting empty in the city of Los Angeles more than two months after being declared ready for move in, largely due to longstanding bureaucratic rules.City data reviewed by LAist shows 274 apartments — funded in large part by a $1.2 billion voter-approved bond measure called Proposition HHH — had yet to have a resident as of Aug.
About 60 of the vacant units are in Skid Row Housing Trust buildings opened years ago, in 2020 and 2021. The nonprofit trust “You better believe it's frustrating to me, because I don't want people to languish in motels,” Bass told LAist in an interview about the vacant units. Since taking office as mayor in December, Bass has taken on homelessness as her top issue, but is grappling with longstanding shortages of housing and case management staff. And many homeless programs in L.A. are provided by the federal and county governments. The 274 vacant units are overseen by the city.In recent days and weeks, federal officials at the U.S.
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