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Roadmap to HousingAddressing Vehicular Living in CD11Improving Lives, Improving Community


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The ProblemHomelessness, especially vehicularliving, is on the rise in CD11.

Residents of homesfind vehiculardomiciles to be unfamiliar,unpleasant, unsanitary, unsafe.

Residents of vehiclesfeel unsafe,threatened, intimidated, vulnerable.

The situation is not sustainable foreither those living in their vehicles or

for the community at large.

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A Call for Action Many residents of homes have called for parking restrictions.

Many people have demanded fair treatment and social services for residents of vehicles.

The Venice Neighborhood Council and others called for creation of a Safe ParkingProgram to give vehicle residents a place to park and sleep overnight.

The Neighborhood Councils of Westchester/Playa conducted homeless counts and calledfor a safe parking/transitional housing program for families living in vehicles.

Councilmember Rosendahl secured funding for a program, and a consultant developed anRFP to be issued and managed by Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority.

LAHSA awarded contract to manage the Roadmap to Housing program to PeopleAssisting the Homeless (PATH).

Councilman Rosendahl secured 50 housing vouchers so program participants can bemoved into permanent housing.

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Goal

Move vulnerablevehicle dwellers intopermanent housing,and provide neededservices and support to

get them there.

Combined with lawenforcement andincreased parkingrestrictions, helpeliminate vehicular

living on residentialstreets in CouncilDistrict 11.

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Our goal is a program that will:


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Target PopulationThere are many people living in their vehicles in CD11. This program is not for

all of them.

Participants must be:

economically disadvantaged/homeless

willing to act as good neighbors and abide by strict rules of personal conduct,participate in intensive case management designed to access social servicesand secure permanent housing.

The program will be open only to those currentlyliving in CD11, and to currentCD11 residents who become homeless and move into a vehicle during thecourse of the program.

Priority will be given to families with children, seniors, and veterans.

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Program Management

Program will be administered by PATH, with oversight provided by

LAHSA.

PATH will work with community, council office, LAPD, and others to

evaluate and refine the program.

PATH has a proven track record of managing homeless service andtransition to housing programs that are successful and community

friendly.

More info on PATH at: http://epath.org

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Key Program Elements Outreach to vehicle residents

Assessment of needs

Screening and enrollment (agreement to goals and rules ofprogram)

When necessary, assignment to safe parking slots

Location of permanent housing

Regular and constant community feedback

Collaboration with social service agencies, housing providers,

LAPD

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A Holistic Housing First

ApproachPart of the region-wide Housing First strategy.

Coordinated with the regional Continuum of Care Infrastructure.

Case Management & Housing: Regular and ongoing case management.

Each participant will develop an Individualized Service Plan designed toaccess services and help them move to permanent housing.

Assistance with immediate needs.

Code of Conduct: Program participants will sign a contract and agree to astrict code of conduct.

Amenities: Restrooms, showers, and trash facilities (including septic tankcleaning) will be made available for program participants.

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Rules for Program Participants Program participants will sign

a contract and agree to followprogram rules and regulations.

Non-compliance will be cause

for dismissal from the program.

In consultation with the

community, service providers,and LAHSA, PATH will develop

a code of conduct for programparticipants.

Rules to include: no outdoor

cooking, no alcohol or drug use,

noise restrictions, parking

permits, no littering, and required

case management and program

participation.

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Outreach & EngagementOutreach & Engagement Teams will:work with program participants, service providers, law enforcement, and thecommunity at large.

visit all vehicle dwellers, assess suitability for program, explain program and

recruit.stay in close contact with participants during non-program hours.

advise all vehicle residents participants and non-participants of availablesocial services.

advise non-participating vehicle residents of parking laws and share info withparking enforcement.

promptly respond to grievances from neighbors and oversee and enforce goodneighbor policy.

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Locations Venice Penmar Golf Course,

1233 Rose Avenue

POTENTIAL - ??

Veterans AdministrationBuilding, West LA

Westchester Municipal Bldg,

7166 W ManchesterWestchester

West LA Municipal Bldg, 1645Corinth Ave, WLA

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A Coordinated ApproachMonthly coordination meeting will be held with:

PATH

LAHSA

LAPD, Council Office and other City agencies

Representatives of Neighborhood Councils & Other Community Stakeholders

Homeless Representative

Social Service Agencies

Veterans Services

County Health and Mental Health Services

Legal Services

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A combination of social services and

law enforcement The Roadmap to Housing Program will be paired with an Oversized Vehicle

Ordinance, Overnight Parking Districts and other increased efforts to enforce ban onsleeping in vehicles.

Program participants will be given placards, assigned a designated parking spot whereit is safe and legal to park overnight with certain amenities.

Participants will benefit from case management, social services,housing assistance.

Non-participants will be subject to law enforcement action.

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Benefits of the Program

Reduces number of people

living in their cars, and on

residential streets.

Responds to community

desire to reducehomelessness and help the

economically

disadvantaged in CD 11.

Allows willing participants to

turn their lives around and

secure permanent housing.

Enables more efficient and

effective use of lawenforcement resources.

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Notes:Methodology of Program Development

Exhaustive study of Safe Parking programs in Santa Barbara, CA, andEugene, OR.

Site visit to Santa Barbara program and interviews with 10 programparticipants.

Interviews and discussions with more than 50 community members andleaders, service providers and government officials with direct knowledge ofthe issue of people living in the vehicles in CD11.

Consultation with local and national experts on homelessness, housing andcommunity development.

Consultation with appropriate City departments, including LAPD.

Analysis of surveys, articles and reports dealing directly with the issue andthe targeted population in CD11.

Several surveys and inventories of vehicles in which people were sleeping

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Notes:

Best Practices from Santa Barbara & Eugene

Regular sleep allows participants to better integrate into thecommunity, access services, and find housing.

Intense and individualized case management is crucial.

Strict code of behavior must be enforced.

Program placards in windshields identifies participants toservice providers, neighbors and law enforcement.

Program staff must engage community as well as participants.

Monthly coordination between program managers, serviceproviders, law enforcement, community leaders, city officials,and city departments guides and shapes an effective program.

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Notes: Findings -- A Spectrum of

Community Concerns Many CD11 residents feel they have no recourse for, or ability to prevent, bad and sometimes

threatening behavior of some who live in their vehicles.

Many CD11 residents want their community to provide a humane and productive means forthe poor in their neighborhood to improve their lives.

Many residents and homeless advocates feel that many vehicle residents are unfairlystereotyped based on the behavior of a smaller sub-population.

Many vehicle residents suffer from lack of sleep, fines, and penalties that hinder their abilityto access social services, secure permanent housing, and improve their lives.

The ultimate goal is to move people into permanent housing, through case management andhousing vouchers.

Due to increased enforcement of laws against lodging in a vehicle, program participants willneed a safe and legal place to park while permanent housing is being identified.

Publicly-owned lots are the easiest to make available to the program.

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