Federal And Local Governments Work To Minimize L.A. Homelessness Population

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Sara Newman |

July 5, 2014 | 9:35 a.m. PDT

Deputy Editor

The fight against homelessness continues in Los Angeles (Sara Newman/Neon Tommy)

Officials are unsure whether Los Angeles’s homeless population numbers 54,000 or 36,000, but what they can agree on is that L.A. has the second highest homeless population in the nation—second only to New York—and therefore a key place

Home to nine percent of the nation’s homeless population, however, it’s unlikely that the city can solve the problem on its own.

The federal government is currently trying to make its dent in L.A.’s epidemic homelessness with its effort to help get many veterans and chronically homeless people off the streets in 2015.

While Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti has not signed onto The Mayors Challenge to End Veteran Homelessness, the city is looking at a number of innovative avenues to help get L.A.’s homeless population on their feet.

One of the most novel ideas comes from SRO Housing Corporation, a plan to convert the historic Rosslyn hotel into home for low income and homeless populations in Los Angeles—with 75 units reserved for veteran housing.

Contact Deputy Editor Sara Newman here. Follow her on Twitter here.

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