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Homelessness among Latinos has shot up in Los Angeles County while other demographic groups have seen a decline over the last two years. More L.A. Latinos falling into homelessness, shaking ...
Experts say a new $22-billion plan to end homelessness in the city of Los Angeles reveals decades of underfunding and pitfalls of leaders' current approach.
The study used eight counties throughout California, including Los Angeles, to create a snapshot of both rural and urban homelessness — surveying nearly 3,200 people and conducting 365 in-depth ...
L.A. homeless crisis by the numbers: Geographic, demographics and trends
Tanya Tull (born 1943) is a leading expert in family homelessness in America. [1] In 1980 she founded Para Los Ninos (For the Children), [2] in reaction to an article she read in the Los Angeles Times concerning children living in Skid Row hotels.
Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times Sisters Meztli Escudero, 8, left, and Victoria Escudero, 10, stand in the window of a vacant house that they and their mother Martha occupied in March 2020.
In 2019 over 39,000 people were homeless in the city. [87] Despite Los Angeles having milder winters than New York City (average winter lows of 49 °F (9 °C) versus 26 °F (−3 °C)), more homeless people die of hypothermia in Los Angeles. [88] Rising rent and limited tenant protections are significant drivers of homelessness in Los Angeles. [89]
Homeless children in the United States: [126] The number of homeless children reached record highs in 2011, [127] 2012, [128] and 2013 [129] at about three times their number in 1983. [128] [needs update] The number of homeless children in the US grew from 1.2 million in 2007 to 1.6 million in 2010.