The Design Solution for Homelessness
Next City: In Los Angeles, An Architectural Approach to Keeping People Off the Streets Is Gaining Notice.
Heidi Genrich is the Communications Manager at Skid Row Housing Trust. You can contact her at heidi.genrich@skidrow.org.
Next City: In Los Angeles, An Architectural Approach to Keeping People Off the Streets Is Gaining Notice.
Star Apartments Named Special-Needs Finalist in Affordable Housing Finance 10th Annual Readers’ Choice Awards (page 33).
LA Times Online – Food / Daily Dish: Heath Ceramics on Friday kicks off the fifth year of its Home Plate program. During the monthlong event, the California ceramics company will collect donated dishes for Skid Row Housing Trust residents in exchange for a 25% discount on any corresponding piece of new Heath dinnerware.
LA Downtown News: Our Skid Row Will Hold Design Workshops Sunday and Monday. Skid Row Housing Trust is bringing together Skid Row residents, community members, activists and other Angelenos to create an aesthetic upgrade plan for the 50-square-block neighborhood that for decades has been home to thousands of homeless individuals.
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Washington Post: In cased you missed it, Post colleagues Justin Jouvenal, Robert Samuels and DeNeen L. Brown had a devastating investigation in Sunday’s paper of D.C. General, the largest shelter for homeless families in the District.
These kinds of events “allow students to have an open mind, said Allan, an instructor. “It is not just about money, but thinking about people who are in need of a hair cut.” “It feels good giving back to the community.”
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Los Angeles Magazine features Skid Row
REDF covers Patrick Carroll, a building manager in the Skid Row Housing Trust portfolio of properties in downtown Los Angeles.
Equal Voice covers Skid Row and homelessness.