For Homeless Advocates, a Discouraging Lesson in L.A.: Money Is Not Enough

Re:For Homeless Advocates, a Discouraging Lesson in L.A.: Mo... by jseliger on Friday September 29, 2017 @06:37PM (#15369851)

49 units at $23 million or $469k/unit. Is it me or is this an insanely high number? Remember, it's not even a house.

It is not just you, and I've worked for many LA nonprofit and public agencies, including some involved in homelessness and mental health services. It's not surprising to me that the city can't keep enough homelessness services, for reasons I write about in "L.A. digs a hole more slowly than economics fills it back in: The Proposition HHH Facilities Program RFP" http://seliger.com/2017/08/30/l-digs-hole-slowly-economics-f... .

Oddly, one of the better descriptions I've read about why LA costs so much comes from Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/LosAngeles/comments/6lvwh4/im_an_ar...

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Re:For Homeless Advocates, a Discouraging Lesson in L.A.: Mo... by sologoub on Friday September 29, 2017 @08:12PM (#15370336)

There are ways around many of these things, including variance/non-conformity applications. But I’m sure you know that given your blog post.

Boyle Heights is not a wealthy/expensive neighborhood and there is a large amount of housing stock that could be rehabbed/rebuilt for this project for far less. Even multifamily buildings.

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