The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) today released a study by the Economic Roundtable that provides even more evidence that providing permanent supportive housing for the chronically homeless can ultimately provide public cost savings. These savings have been documented in research in cities across the nation, with the early work being done by Dennis [...]
Archive for November, 2009
Evidence from Los Angeles that housing the homeless saves money
Posted in Affordable Housing, Homelessness, Housing, Los Angeles, tagged Homelessness, Housing, Los Angeles, permanent supportive housing on November 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Compassion: it’s who you know
Posted in General, Immigration, tagged Immigration, us vs. them on November 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This past weekend I participated in the third annual HomeWalk, an event to raise funds and awareness to end homelessness in Los Angeles, with thousands of other people. The walk raises hundreds of thousands of dollars each year that are distributed to organizations working to house the homeless. The money is great, but potentially more [...]
Wall Street vs. Main Street part deux
Posted in Data, Economy, Employment, tagged Dow Jones, Economy, Employment, Main Street, Wall Street on November 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I recently introduced the authors of the American Human Development Report at a presentation and made the point that just as the GDP has been criticized for not reflecting how the economy affects everyday people, the last year has driving home how out of touch stock market performance is with most regular folks. As this [...]
