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Afforable Housing Crisis
A single
mother earning minimum wage must work 166 hours a week to afford the median-priced, two-bedroom apartment in Los Angeles
at a cost of $1,021 per month.
In Los Angeles
County, the job market is increasing five times more rapidly than new
housing is being built. As the cost of renting or buying a home continues to skyrocket, affordable housing is increasingly
scarce.
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Important Links
Los Angeles Coalition to End Hunger and Homelessness
National Coalition for the Homeless
Bring LA Home
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The New Face of Homelessness
In the course of one year, 236,000 men, women and children
in Los Angeles County will be homeless.
With 90,000 homeless on any given night, Los Angeles is the nation’s epicenter of homelessness—women
and children account for more than 57%.
In Los Angeles,
requests for emergency shelter beds for families increased by 21% in 2003, making families the fastest growing segment of
the homeless population.
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Limited Community Resources
Los
Angeles County has a mere 2,832 shelter beds available for homeless families—that means more than 28,000 mothers and
children are without a place to sleep each night.
In 60% of America’s cities, families must
be broken apart to be accommodated in a shelter.
There are only 174 permanent housing units for homeless families
in Los Angeles, 700 more units are in development, and an
estimated 5,200 are still needed.
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