March 18, 2026
Homeless Connect Day: A One-Stop Shop
Every day, people experiencing homelessness face countless barriers just to access basic services—from replacing a lost ID to renewing benefits or seeing a doctor. Tasks that might seem simple can require hours of travel, long waits, and navigating complex systems. That’s why LA Family Housing created Homeless Connect Day, a monthly event that brings dozens of service providers together in one place to meet participants where they are and help them access the resources they need.
Click here to learn more about this event and how our community is coming together to remove barriers and create hope.
March 12, 2026
Meet the Residents: Rhonda’s Journey from Survival to Stability
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The path into homelessness and the journey home looks different for everyone. Nowhere is that more evident than at The Cielo, LA Family Housing’s newest permanent supportive housing community in the San Fernando Valley which over the last several months welcomed 107 individuals who have experienced chronic homelessness back home.
For one of The Cielo’s new residents, Rhonda, the road home has taken some detours, marked by profound loss but also remarkable determination. What is important now is that after years of uncertainty, Rhonda has found stability with an apartment she can afford on her own and support to begin rebuilding her life on her own terms.
Click here to read the story.
February 26, 2026
Meet the Residents: Kyle’s journey from homelessness to home
Kyle is one of 107 individuals who moved into LAFH’s newest permanent support housing community—The Cielo—late last year. Kyle’s path into homelessness is all too familiar—leaving prison without the support or resources needed to successfully reenter society. His journey back home speaks to the power of community, compassion, and second chances, and to what is possible when people are given the opportunity to rebuild their lives.
Click here to read his story.
February 25, 2026
Celebrating Black History Month - Everett Taylor, Director of Regional Coordination
Everett’s story is one of resilience, service, and living the Black Present — here and now. Rooted in civil rights history, shaped by generational excellence, and committed to dignity for all, Everett carries his Black History into the work he does every day in homeless services. His journey reminds us that honoring Black History also means uplifting Black brilliance standing among us today.
Click here to read his story.
February 23, 2026
Mayor Bass says affordable housing is thriving, the numbers say otherwise
Joe Donlin, director of United to House LA, the coalition of housing, labor and renters groups behind [Measure ULA], defended the tax and said it’s important to let the policy “breathe and take effect” to understand its full impact. He called the measure an economic engine for the city, adding that $400 million in ULA revenue went out to affordable housing developers last fall.
“We’re talking about hundreds of new homes being built, thousands of new construction jobs, investment in neighborhoods that haven’t seen investment like this in a long time,” Donlin said.
Donlin said Los Angeles’s housing struggles are likely due to stubbornly high interest rates, insurance costs and construction material costs around the time Measure ULA went into effect.
Stephanie Klasky-Gamer, president of LA Family Housing, said she has been able to sidestep Measure ULA because she manages the properties she builds instead of selling them. For her, one of the biggest affordable housing hurdles is a lack of federal assistance to help low income tenants pay rent.
“[Los Angeles’s] largest housing gap is for our extremely and very low income households. In order to make housing affordable to that target income group, it would require a larger allocation of rental subsidies,” Klasky-Gamer said.
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February 20, 2026
LA’s lead homelessness agency owes at least $69M to service providers in overdue payments
As the region’s lead homelessness agency, the main job of the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority this year was to dole out nearly $700 million to contractors who operate shelters and other services for unhoused people.
But it turns out that more than halfway through the budget year, many of LAHSA's 116 service providers are still waiting for LAHSA to pay them for those services.
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February 19, 2026
Meet the Residents: How Brenda Found her Way Home
Early in February, LA Family Housing was thrilled to officially welcome 107 residents to The Cielo, our newest permanent supportive housing community for people experiencing chronic homelessness in the San Fernando Valley. The Cielo offers more than a place to live—it provides a true home, along with the services and support residents need to remain housed for the long-term. For every resident of The Cielo, the journey from homelessness to home looks different. But what unites them now is how this new community is helping restore their dignity, foster hope, and create lasting pathways to stability—making it possible for them to leave homelessness behind for good. One of the most powerful ways to understand The Cielo’s impact on the people who live there is through their stories. Today, we’d like to introduce you to Brenda and share how she found her way home.
Click here to read her story.
February 17, 2026
Celebrating Black History Month - Chanell Scott, Housing Stabilization Manager
Black history is not only something we honor from the past - it’s something we witness, experience, and learn from every single day. This year, the LAFH Black History Month Committee’s theme, “The Black Present: Here and Now,” highlights Black excellence, leadership, and influence in the work we do and in the communities we serve across the homeless services landscape. All month long, we’ll celebrate Black creativity, leadership, resilience, and joy in our workplaces, neighborhoods, and beyond.
Click here to read Chanell’s Story.
February 6, 2026
LAFH celebrates the grand opening of our latest permanent supportive housing community in Chatsworth
We were thrilled to gather with community members, partner organizations, and civic leaders from across Los Angeles to celebrate the grand opening of The Cielo in Chatsworth this morning, a new permanent supportive housing development that used prefabricated modular construction to create 99 permanent supportive homes.
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January, 22, 2026
LA Family Housing Kicks Off the Annual Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count
Each January, LAFH joins the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) and homeless service providers across Los Angeles County to kick off the Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count—a three-day effort to understand how many people are experiencing homelessness on a single night—as one of 150 deployment sites. This year's count started on Tuesday night, January 20th, with several dozen LAFH staff, local volunteers, and representatives from Hope the Mission, LAHSA, and city council district 2 at the Irmas Family Campus in North Hollywood, and heading into the surrounding neighborhoods to count.
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