Five-hundred homeless families in L.A. will get to skip a wait as long as 10 years for subsidized housing under program offered by the city and LAUSD.
Five hundred families with school-age children will go to the head of the line for housing vouchers under a new program announced this week by Los Angeles city and school officials. The effort is no panacea — given estimates of more than 17,000 students with unstable housing — but could be life-changing for families that benefit.
“All my kids are really behind in school,” she said. “They have missed so much school. I cry a lot because as a parent, you don’t want this for your kids — to fall behind and be bullied because they don’t know how to read. As a parent you want the best for your children.”Ahumada was connected to the city’s social services by a concerned police officer.
In all, the city’s Housing Authority provides about $465 million to help some 45,000 households. The current subsidy for a two-bedroom apartment, for example, is $2,151 per month; the tenant pays any remaining cost. The regular waiting list was last opened in October 2017, said Doug Guthrie, who heads the Housing Authority. At that time, the city received 188,000 applications in a 10-day period for 20,000 spots, which were awarded by lottery.
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