Another Homeless Village Opens in Hollywood
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The biggest homeless “village” in California will be opening to all Los Angeles County homeless citizens sometime between April 25th and May 1st.
The village’s construction was sponsored by the Hope of the Valley Rescue Mission, a homeless shelter founded in 2009. Dedicated to “prevent, reduce and eliminate poverty, hunger, and homelessness,” according to their website (Hope of the Valley), their services are distributed among 12 facilities.
This new and innovative village is constructed of more than 100 sixty-four square foot houses. According to ABC7, “The tiny homes offer a bed, air conditioning, heating, and storage space. Working with the faith-based organization Hope of the Valley Rescue Mission, this community will provide things like clean bathrooms and showers and three meals a day.”
The second in California, this new North Hollywood village hopes to house as many as 103 people, according to ABC7.
“This is a moment of a lot of hope for me,” Mayor Eric Garreti said in an interview with KTLA, “And I know it doesn’t feel like that when you drive through the city because people say the city looks dirty, people are camped everywhere. But to me, it is a moment of deep hope, because I know the numbers, I know the commitment and I know the team that is here.”
After reading your article, I think having these “small villages” is a great idea
I liked the article, its good to know that the homeless will have a home.
I enjoyed your article and would like to know more about how we can get the all the homeless in a home.
What I enjoyed about this article is knowing the homeless have home.
Wow, great job Maren! I really enjoyed your article and you chose a great topic to talk about as homelessness continues to be a large problem in our world today. After reading your article, I learned there are people and organizations who are willing to help make a difference and build homeless villages. I would also like to learn more about if there are more plans to continue building villages and where the locations would be at.
I enjoyed reading your article because it is good to know they are helping homeless people and maybe those people will get back up in life and try to help others, like the golden rule.
Wow, great job Maren! It was interesting to learn about these homeless villages.
I enjoyed reading this article and really want to know if anything else will happen after this shelter closes
Good job on this Maren! It was interesting to find out about this homeless village.
This is such a wonderful article! A really nice topic to write about and bring more attention to.
Interesting article. Hopefully this issue goes away with these villages.
What I enjoyed most reading about your article was how the homeless were able to live the daily lives of average Americans. I like how most of the less fortunate are finally able to enjoy their lives and live without worrying about their health or family.
Homelessness is an issue that affects many people, hopefully the new village will help some people out.