Homeless people shouldn't have to spend weeks collecting proof of their Social Security numbers and poverty before they can move into apartments.
Pouring money into trying to solve homelessness without also making it much easier, faster and cheaper to build housing, especially affordable housing, is a fool’s errand.Why? Because even when a homeless person is deemed eligible for a rent voucher connected to an available housing unit, it can take weeks and sometimes a few months for the prospective tenant to obtain the necessary documents to be approved for the voucher and the unit.
Yes, people can start trying to get their documents before anyone ever tells them there’s an available apartment. In fact, they may have started, helped by an outreach worker, when they were living in a tent. Sometimes a homeless person gets all the documents before being considered for permanent housing, but those materials can be lost during the wait.The Cecil Hotel was supposed to be an innovative new model for permanent supportive housing in L.A.
This is absurd. It’s bad enough that Los Angeles doesn’t have enough apartments for homeless people. But when the city does have available apartments, they sit empty while people document their existence?
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