AHF rolled out its new homeless advocacy billboard headlined "Homelessness Kills."
Formal release of 2019 numbers now pushed to Tuesday, June 4th instead of the customary May 31st release. Move suggests sharper increase in homeless count than what advocates and officials might have anticipated despite over $619 million in gov’t spending on homeless in the region over the last year.
Official homeless count in Los Angeles in 2018 was 53,195.
Housing justice and homeless advocates with Housing Is A Human Right, Healthy Housing Foundation by AHF, Coalition to Preserve LA, AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) today blasted Los Angeles politicians and bureaucrats for their ongoing lackluster response to the human catastrophe of homelessness in Los Angeles. The rebuke, specifically targeting Mayor Eric Garcetti and the County Board of Supervisors, was prompted by today’s word of a delay in the formal release of the 2019 homeless count, traditionally released by May 31st each year, but now pushed to Tuesday, June 4th.
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AHF rolled out its new homeless advocacy billboard headlined "Homelessness Kills."
“The last minute, unexpected delay of the release of L.A.’s 2019 homeless count to next Tuesday suggests that there’s been a sharper increase in the homeless numbers than what advocates and officials might have anticipated, despite over $619 million in government spending on the homeless in the region over the last year,” said Michael Weinstein, president, AHF. “Delay, inaction and spin: Why? This allows Mayor Garcetti, City Council and the Board of Supervisors time to spin away their outdated, expensive—and clearly ineffectual—response to the homeless crisis we actually have here in Los Angeles. The official response on homelessness simply does not correlate to the crisis we face and our elected officials just continue to move at the speed of government. It’s a national disgrace.”
Homeless advocates’ criticisms of the response to L.A.’s homeless and affordable housing crises include:
For more information on housing and homeless advocates’ concerns, please visit: LAScandal.org.
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Austin, Communications Director, +1323.333.7754 cell marin.austin@aidshealth.org