Nonprofit turning motel into housing for homeless as part of O.C. effort to build 2,700 units by 2025
Nonprofit turning motel into housing for homeless as part of O.C. effort to build 2,700 units by 2025
- June 16, 2021
- Research by Rachel Goldberg and Dave Snow, sociology, Daily Pilot, June 16, 2021
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Supportive housing is widely considered to be the key to ending chronic homelessness. A 2017 study by UC Irvine, Jamboree Housing and Orange County United Way found that it costs twice as much for someone to live on the street than to house them.
For the full story, please visit https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/entertainment/story/2021-06-16/jamboree-housing.
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