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The end of Skid Row's cheap hotels? L.A. leaders want to replace last-resort homeless housing
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 months agoFor more than 100 years, single-room occupancy hotels have housed thousands of people in Skid Row....
Editorial: Skid Row Housing Trust's downfall is a teachable moment for L.A., not a reason to give up
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe financial demise of Skid Row Housing Trust is not a warning to avoid building housing for...
Black-led nonprofit to take over Skid Row People's Market, a longtime community hub
LA Times via Yahoo News· 4 months agoSkid Row People's Market will be sold to a Black-led nonprofit that serves the neighborhood,...
L.A. skid row residents angry over the destruction of a community hub
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoStephanie Williams, an advocate for homeless people, was living inside a canopy tent house on...
How problems at two of Skid Row's largest landlords threaten to worsen L.A.'s homelessness crisis
LA Times via Yahoo News· 5 months agoAn affordable housing shortage has stymied efforts to get people off the streets. The dismal state...
One of skid row's largest housing providers faces financial implosion
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoTents lined up on San Pedro St. on Skid Row, downtown Los Angeles in April 2021. (Robert Gauthier /...
Column: A vast, teeming retirement community called skid row
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoOn skid row, where physical and mental distress are on parade, 'we are forecasting a tsunami of...
A retired federal judge takes a stroll through Skid Row to prepare for his new assignment
LA Times via Yahoo News· 8 months agoAfter approving a settlement requiring L.A. County to provide 3,000 new mental-health and...
Editorial: Let skid row have affordable and market-rate housing. It's the forward-looking thing to...
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe historic Catalina building, seen in July 2019, has been repurposed for restaurants,...
Crusading vet treats some of L.A.'s most cherished residents: The pets of skid row
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFor years, Dr. Kwane Stewart quietly visited homeless encampments, treating pets for free. Then came...