LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Today, the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) released the results of its annual count of residents experiencing homelessness in Los Angeles County, showing a slight decline for the first time in five years of 0.27% to 75,518 in the City of Los Angeles and 5.1% to 52,365 in Los Angeles County and an 18% increase in permanent housing with 28,000 people experiencing homelessness placed in housing.
Los Angeles County Supervisor Holly J. Mitchell, who authored the motion calling for a countywide assessment of RV encampments and resolution program as part of Los Angeles County’s Pathway Home Program, provided the following statement:
“This year’s point in time count showed a decline in people experiencing homelessness after many years of increases in LA County and LA City, proving that our unified efforts are working. With the addition of LA County’s Pathway Home, which focuses on people living in encampments, our capacity to bring people home humanely has increased. By providing ongoing outreach and connection to interim and permanent housing with supportive services, we are getting more people to say yes to housing that meets their needs.”
“This is the time to keep our focus on the strategic investments in outreach, mental health services, and affordable housing to make sure this decline becomes more than a slight shift and instead a continuous drop in people experiencing homelessness on our streets.”
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