Support Skid Row Housing Trust this Mother’s Day
/in Homelessness, Interviews, Permanent Supportive Housing, Resident Stories /by Heidi GenrichThe Hilton Family’s Spiritual Entrepreneurship
/in Community, Interviews, News About The Trust, Online Articles, Partners, Permanent Supportive Housing, Resident Stories, Trust Staff /by Heidi GenrichBarron’s Penta:
Hilton’s homeless program is not just good philanthropy, it’s changing lives for the better.
From Fall River to Los Angeles, giving the homeless a chance to find comfort
/in Affordable Housing, Interviews, Our Buildings, Permanent Supportive Housing /by Heidi GenrichThe Herald News: Sometimes it takes more than just money to solve a social issue, especially when it comes to one as complex as homelessness. Innovative ideas that have been turned into reality are making a difference locally, throughout the state, and across the country.
What Are the Social Determinants of Health?
/in Healthcare, Homelessness, Interviews, Online Articles, Permanent Supportive Housing, Trust Staff /by Heidi GenrichRAND Corporation: America spends more on health care than any other nation in the world. Yet from birth to old age, Americans live shorter, sicker lives than people in most other wealthy countries.
A two-year research project at RAND adds some weight to a theory that might explain why. It found better health outcomes in countries that spend more on social safety-net programs like child care subsidies or old-age benefits—even when they spend less on hospital stays and medical tests.
Health care alone, in other words, can only go so far to promote health. Evidence has been accumulating for years that where and how people live plays at least as important a role in how well, and how long.
Homeless Service Providers Urge Feds to Keep HUD Funds Flowing
/in Affordable Housing, Community Advocates, Homelessness, Housing Development, Interviews, Online Articles, Politics, Planning & Legislation /by Heidi GenrichKQED: President Trump’s choice to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development, retired surgeon Ben Carson, has no experience in housing or homeless services. He’s never held elected office or a government job.
Donate to bring our neighbors home.
/in Community, Homelessness, Interviews, Permanent Supportive Housing, Resident Stories, Video /by Heidi GenrichHaving struggled with mental illness her entire life, Evelyn was homeless on and off for 20 years. She occasionally found employment during periods of wellness, only to lose her job again during an episode of illness. When living on the street, Evelyn isolated herself from her adult children so that she wouldn’t burden them with her difficult struggle to survive. “Mental illness can be invisible because you look fine,” said Evelyn. “People can’t see how sick you really are.”
Evelyn was referred to Skid Row Housing Trust’s permanent supportive housing a year and a half ago. Not only does Evelyn now have a safe and stable home, but also a team of onsite staff that work collaboratively to help her address the underlying mental health conditions that led to her being homeless. “If the property manager at my building doesn’t see me for a day, she notices,” said Evelyn. “She’ll stop by my apartment or check-in with my case manager. Everyone is watching out for me.”
For the first few months after she moved into permanent supportive housing, Evelyn rarely left her home because she didn’t trust that it would be there when she returned. Now Evelyn participates in support groups, spends time with her children and grandchildren, and volunteers twice a week at an outreach center for women that helped her while she was homeless.
Your donation will help Skid Row Housing Trust create more homes for men and women experiencing homelessness and increase the supportive services that help residents like Evelyn heal, reconnect, and succeed. By 2020, the Trust will build or renovate 1,200 homes in Los Angeles, and all of them will have on-site staff and programs that help our residents break the cycle of homelessness. We are sincerely grateful for your continued generosity and encourage you to invest in permanent homes and support – the key ingredients to ending homelessness for good.
Give online now at skidrow.org/give.
Gimme Shelter: Housing the Homeless in LA
/in Affordable Housing, Community, Community Advocates, Homelessness, Interviews, News About The Trust, Permanent Supportive Housing, Politics, Planning & Legislation, Radio Spots /by Heidi GenrichKCRW Press Play: More than 27,000 people are homeless in Los Angeles. The problem is getting worse. In a special live event, Madeleine Brand looks at how we got here, what at-risk people are doing to keep off the streets, and what big ideas exist to effectively tackle the crisis.
Give to Lending a Hand to the Homeless in Los Angeles
/in Awards & Recognition, Homelessness, Interviews, News About The Trust, Partners, TV Spots /by Heidi GenrichNBC Give visited Skid Row Housing Trust’s Star Apartments. Host Laura Marano surprised staff and residents with a special gift from California Community Foundation!
Proposition HHH: What your money would pay for
/in Community Advocates, Interviews, Permanent Supportive Housing, Politics, Planning & Legislation /by Heidi GenrichKCRW: There are 47,000 homeless people living on the streets of Los Angeles County, and more than half of them live in the city of LA.
Critics say local leaders have been unable to effectively address the underlying problems that lead to homelessness, including mental illness, addiction and skyrocketing rents.
A bond measure on November’s LA city ballot bills itself as part of the solution.