To the editor: From studying articles in The Occasions about homelessness, one understands that homeless housing building in Los Angeles prices at the least $500,000 per unit. So, the Sylmar lot with its 20 items of leisure car websites represents at the least $10 million of worth to town of Los Angeles. (“Makeshift RV park stirs controversy in Sylmar. However is it a hazard or a assist?” July 1)
That lot supplies properties for folk which may in any other case be queued up for these $500,000 items. Is town serving to this place exist? Maybe with minor subsidies, allow help or utility connections?
Afraid not. The proprietor of the lot is going through a legal grievance from the Los Angeles metropolis legal professional’s workplace.
This text may have been about our new mayor’s administration stepping to the plate to assist a struggling neighborhood useful resource; as a substitute, we’re confronted with simply one other instance of bureaucratic heavy-handedness.
John Arcos, Lengthy Seashore
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To the editor: With a lot of the give attention to constructing new shelters, new backed flats and new “tiny properties” for the unhoused, there’s one easy, elegant answer that by no means appears to be mentioned — having native governments merely pay the lease.
Just like a federal Part 8 voucher, this program would establish residents behind on the their lease funds for 2 to 6 months, and as soon as certified, the native authorities would immediately pay the landlords.
Folks on this program would wish to obtain intensive case administration in getting psychological well being counseling, job help and different important dwelling expertise till they may begin to pay a portion of their lease and over time pay at the least 50% of their lease.
This “rent-first” program would preserve individuals of their present place of residence and stop individuals from ever pitching a tent on the sidewalk within the first place.
Michelle Wolf, Los Angeles
