Skid Row Housing Trust Tackles Food Insecurity By Teaching Residents How To Cook
Healthful food is a “real tool to keep people stable, keep people housed, help people thrive and to be able to reintegrate into the community,” said Jack Lahey, director of resident programs and part of the Skid Row Housing Trust's food insecurity task force.
Los Angeles Times:
In A Skid Row Apartment Building, L.A. Restaurant Chefs Help Residents Get Cooking
For the uninitiated, the Cobb isn’t a luxury condo offering cooking classes as an amenity to fill expensive apartments, but a 76-unit permanent supportive apartment building on Skid Row developed and managed by the Skid Row Housing Trust. Founded in 1989, the Trust is a pioneer of the “housing first” model, which offers permanent, unconditional housing for homeless individuals, along with healthcare and other on-site services. (Nguyen, 1/17)
In other news —
Los Angeles Times:
Costa Mesa Moves Ahead With Plan For Temporary 50-Bed Homeless Shelter; Long-Term Site Is Still Undetermined
Officials and advocates hailed the dawn of a new day in Costa Mesa as the City Council unanimously agreed Tuesday night to move forward with developing a temporary 50-bed homeless shelter at Lighthouse Church of the Nazarene in the Westside. The new-day sentiment was not only symbolic but literal, as the decision came at the tail end of a lengthy meeting that adjourned shortly after midnight. (Money, 1/16)