roofless

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Living in public in L.A. linktr.ee/rooflesser (818) 600-1846 Displacement X Spaces 7pm PST on Sundays ⛺️🛒

“Somehow at some point” Part 2 Why do paid homeless advocates align with gentrification goals instead of their vulnerable clients? https://roofless.substack.com/p/somehow-at-some-point-part-2
“Somehow at some point” Part 2 Why do paid homeless advocates align with gentrification goals instead of their vulnerable clients? https://roofless.substack.com/p/somehow-at-some-point-part-2
Combined HUD-VASH awards to The HACLA (City) + LACDA (County) by Fiscal Year, including Project-Based Voucher “PBV” awards Data: HUD FY • [CA002 + CA004 + PBVs] 08 • 840 09 • 385 10 • 525 11 • 300 12 • 800 13 • 775 14 • 847 15 • 755 16 • 586 17 • 816 18 • 678 19 • 0 20 • 500 21 • 0 22 • 500 23 • 0
$9M laundered to LAPD with nothing to show for it except a matrix that claims 221 people were “housed”.
Aetna Street 3 months ago showing NO ABH shelter
Mayor Eric Garcetti’s legacy “A Bridge Home” homeless shelter initiative is finally winding down as leases on many of the properties are expiring.
4,390 sworn officers (including eight Lieutenants and 535 Seargeants) out of LAPD’s total 8,799 sworn officers, or half the entire force, billed for overtime out of this homeless services account in the eight-month period from July 1, 2022 to February 12, 2023:
One of the Los Angeles Police Department’s many overtime sources amounts to 88,353 hours, or 10 continuous years of 24/7 overtime at $8.36M.
EXPOSED LAPD slush fund for “Interim housing-Homeless services” Former Mayor Garcetti’s “A Bridge Home” and SECZ “sexy zones” turned a City account for homelessness into an LAPD overtime “carve-out”, paying bonuses to half the force in one 8-month period. RUTH 10/9/24
35% $14M INTERIM HOUSING L.A. GRAND hotel in DTLA (671 beds in 487 rooms) +12 motels 35% $14M NONPROFITS CONTRACTED to provide SERVICES like case mgmt & housing navigation 12% $5M UNKNOWN Maybe: storage, food, application fees, security deposits? 18% $7M DOT & LAPD O.T. (why?) 35% $14M INTERIM HOUSING L.A. GRAND hotel in DTLA (671 beds in 487 rooms) +12 motels 35% $14M NONPROFITS CONTRACTED to provide SERVICES like case mgmt & housing navigation 27% $11M UNKNOWN Maybe: storage, food, application fees, security deposits? 3% $1M DOT & LAPD O.T. (why?) https://abc7.com/homeless-karen-bass-inside-safe-40-million/13469473/
Interim Housing > Housing Navigation & Time-Limited Subsidy [IH > HN & TLS] Slot turnover | Referral > Enrollment > Exit Interim Housing -max 2 yrs by law for transitional housing Participant enters IH Enroll participant into IH Refer to HN slot based on IH longevity + docs Housing Navigation -Search EHV in-hand or referral from IH + docs Referred participant enrolled in HN Exit HN once settled into unit. Slot opens Time-limited subsidy -Max 1yr Applications w/HN, alert to hold TLS slot TLS slot filled, sign lease & move-in w/ HN Exit participant from program. TLS slot opens Permanent Housing Unit -Stability Case management, unit retention Progressive rental assistance Transition participant out with resources Will security deposit be returned to participant? Can lease be renewed? Will rent go up? Music: Lil Uzi Vert “You Better Move”
Isometric hotel graphic illustration with INSIDE SAFE. By @roofless
Prior to becoming homeless… (pie chart) I MADE MORTGAGE PAYMENTS OR HELD A LEASE: 32% I was incarcerated: 19% I stayed somewhere for $0/month: 24.5% I paid ≈$450/month off a lease: 24.5% linktr.ee/rooflesser for link to source
Homeless person + House = a person