L.A. Ramps Up New Model to Tackle Homelessness
From the USC Annenberg CAlifonia Endownment Health Journalism Fellowship Blog, Reporting on Health.
Entries by Heidi Genrich
Emily Frost of Annenberg Radio News Covers Michael Holt
Emily Frost of USC Annenberg Radio News Covers Michael Holt
Putting the FAB in Pre-Fab on Skid Row
From Zev’s Blog (Zev Yaroslavsky, LA County Supervisor 1994-2014): Over the past five years, architect Michael Maltzan’s two projects for the non-profit Skid Row Housing Trust—the Rainbow Apartments and the New Carver Apartments, next to the 10 Freeway at Hope Street—have pushed the envelope of what it means to create shelter while fostering a healing sense of community.
A New Housing Model at the New Genesis
Downtown LA News: Like developer Skid Row Housing Trust’s last four projects, the New Genesis is considered supportive housing because it includes onsite social services. Tenants access everything from medical care to drug counseling to mental health treatment without leaving the building.
Starting Over at Las Americas
EECBG LA: Inside his studio apartment on Skid Row, Richard Surwillo, 56, proudly hoists a pack of chicken breasts from his new refrigerator – a seemingly simple act that demonstrates a profound gain for quality of life and environmental protection in Los Angeles.
Good design as a good deed, on Skid Row and beyond
LA Times Blog: Blu Dot, the Minneapolis-based home design company with a store on Melrose Avenue in L.A., sponsored the panel discussion along with Skid Row Housing Trust, which develops and manages apartment buildings that provide permanent housing for the formerly homeless.
Formerly homeless, they know whereof they speak
LA Times: Residents of apartments operated by the Skid Row Housing Trust studied storytelling, learned public speaking — all with the aim of sharing what it’s really like to be living on the street.
Family provides cross-country lifeline
Pittsburgh Tribune Review: Tyrone Taylor picked up his grandson at his daughter’s Penn Hills home Monday and gave thanks to God, a day after returning to Pittsburgh from California, where he had spent 20 years homeless and addicted to drugs and alcohol.
A Community Garden Blooms on a Skid Row Rooftop
LA Downtown News: On a recent Wednesday, Willie Mae Bell was dripping with sweat under a harsh mid-morning sun. She was on the roof of her building, preparing to plant potatoes in a garden.
Construction Update on New Genesis Affordable Housing in Downtown LA
DTLA Rising with Brigham Yen: The LEED-Platinum certified New Genesis affordable housing mixed-use project has been rising quietly on Main Street over the past year. A rendering from architect firm Killefer Flammang shows a well-designed, modern 7-story building that will contain 106 units intended as supportive housing, mostly for the formerly homeless in the area, and 25% of the units will go toward working individuals making less than $37,260 annually.