Posts tagged housing justice
Public Housing Pays Back: Staying Housed, Part 3 of 4 | Letters to the Housed by Paul Asplund of SecondGrace.LA
Public Housing Pays Back: Staying Housed, Part 3 of 4 | Letters to the Housed by Paul Asplund of SecondGrace.LA

A new study out of Toronto's public housing system modeled five investment scenarios over 25 years. Every dollar invested in public housing returns $2.80 in measurable value. Every dollar withheld costs more than a dollar downstream. The math applies directly to Los Angeles.

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Housing Justice, Public Housing, Staying HousedPaul AsplundStaying Housed, housing justice, PublicHousing, EndHomelessness, LAHousing, Letters to the Housed, SecondGraceLA, HousingPolicy, LA2028Comment
How Housing Falls Apart: Staying Housed, Part 2 of 4 | Letters to the Housed by Paul Asplund of SecondGrace.LA
How Housing Falls Apart: Staying Housed, Part 2 of 4 | Letters to the Housed by Paul Asplund of SecondGrace.LA

The cascade that ends in eviction usually starts somewhere much quieter — sometimes months earlier, in a moment that didn't feel like a crisis at the time. Understanding it is the key to stopping it.

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Housing Justice, Eviction and Displacement, Staying HousedPaul AsplundStaying Housed, housing justice, EvictionPrevention, EndHomelessness, LAHousing, Letters to the Housed, SecondGraceLAComment
They're Coming Back for the CoC. This Time, They Mean It.
They're Coming Back for the CoC. This Time, They Mean It.

HUD has announced a new NOFO due by June 1 that attempts to reshape nearly $4 billion in federal homelessness funding — while the administration's FY2027 budget proposes eliminating the CoC program entirely. Here's what that means for Los Angeles.

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Housing Policy, Letters to the Housed, Federal PolicyPaul Asplundhomelessness, housing policy, Continuum of Care, CoC, HUD, federal funding, Housing First, permanent supportive housing, ESG, Los Angeles, LA County, housing justice, 2028 OlympicsComment