“Housing without support sets up people to fail,” said Tod Lipka, president and CEO of Step Up on Second, a housing and service provider in Santa Monica, California. “It has to be a transformative experience.”
“When you’re homeless, you're literally spending all your energy on surviving. It’s a constant struggle,” he said. “Once people are housed, they are no longer expending all that energy on surviving. They can start thinking about what they want their life to be now.” For Amanda Walker, 27, finding a permanent home was just the beginning of her journey. Like Ruiz, Walker spent her youth in foster care. She often ran away from placements rather than live in abusive or toxic environments. But the streets were unwelcoming, and she developed a substance abuse dependency.
Building trust is just the first part of securing stable housing. Many people who have experienced homelessness protect themselves by refusing to believe their situation can change, Lipka said.
How much does it cost to rent a really good refrigerator box to live in?
california is insanely rich and has a democrat super majority. can't they just fix it with socialism?
Psst...Pelosi.
And the President said if they do not fix it they ( The Federal Government) will have to get involved. Arnold Schwarzenegger is on it also.
To live and die in LA...
They arrested Weinstein and productions are down now, it’s a double edged sword
America is a 3rd world country
Hooray 4 Hollywood...
Should never happen in AMERICA! No homelessness, No child hungry. No more poverty.
Because they all think they work in Hollywood and stay for the great weather
there's plenty of homes and apartments available. its just that the artificially inflated real estate prices in California makes life difficult for the average person out there.
Weird. Where democratic policy rules and homelessness? I’m shocked! Who else is shocked?
Wow...this is what happens in Africa...
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That's what happens when you put illegals ahead of citizens
People aren't homeless because they don't have a roof over their head. If you don't get that, you will never solve anything.
California is not the only state with homeless people,. I'm homeless,. apparently Affordable housing is not real,. Wonder what a body bag costs
To get a picture of how it affects different states - look at this map. California, Texas, Florida and New York have very high numbers. Variables range from individual counts to veterans data. 2018 maps: total people and veterans data. map homeless
Housing is not enough, give us more!
QUESTION? Where do all the democratic candidates stand on repealing President Reagan’s social security Windfall Elimination Provision? which greatly reduces the monthly SS benefit paid to retired, police, firefighters and teachers?
Homeless soars when the number of illegals goes up and the freebies are given out to them and the state govt steps on the bodies of the homeless citizens to welcome illegals and grant them licenses and voter rights they are not entitled to. Stop illegals stop homeless citizens
Homelessness soars as the prison population is released.. Homelessness soars when mental institution are closed.. Homelessness soars when drug use is legalized. Homelessness can only be fixed when bureaucrats acknowledge their policies cause homelessness..
Anything without proper support is mostly likely going to yield a result that is not what basic logic would deduce.
The problem here is the economic slave is programmed to hate someone who gets something for nothing, especially those liberal hypocrites of supposedly change & progress
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