Supportive Housing

CITY HALL — Glendale homeless seeking permanent shelter will soon have another option under a permanent supportive housing program that received Housing Authority approval Tuesday. The authority voted 6 to 0, with Councilman Dave Weaver absent, to approve Los Angeles-based nonprofit PATH Ventures as the program’s sponsor, starting immediately. The five-unit, scattered site will place homeless clients in privately leased units throughout the area, with the sponsor acting as a case manager and mediator.

GLENDALE — Putting the chronically homeless into permanent housing with support services actually saves tax dollars in the long run, according to a study released this week by the United Way of Greater Los Angeles. The study, commissioned by the United Way and conducted by researchers at the USC Center for Community Health Studies at the Keck School of Medicine and Housing Works, followed four previously homeless people who had been placed in permanent supportive housing programs, which provided subsidized housing as well as case-management services.

CITY HALL ? The Salvation Army will ask the Glendale Housing Authority today to enter into an agreement for four new affordable rental units next to the organization's Nancy Painter Home, a transitional housing project for the homeless on Chester Street. The Salvation Army bought a 12,500-square-foot property next to the Nancy Painter Home, and plans to contribute $108,000 for the new rental units. It also secured a $400,000 supportive housing program grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

A resolution recognizing and commemorating the Armenian genocide has gathered majority support in the House of Representatives, Rep. Adam Schiff announced Friday. "The Affirmative of the U.S. Record on the Armenian Genocide" resolution — House Resolution 106 — calls on the president to characterize the massacre of 1.5 million Armenians by the Ottoman Empire in 1915 as genocide. The resolution had 218 cosponsors as of Friday — which is a majority in the House of Representatives and the most support any genocide bill has ever accrued.

Crescenta Valley Girl Scout's Service Unit recently completed it's fall service project supporting Haven House -- a local home for battered women and children. Troops 926 and 423 spearheaded the efforts, collecting hygiene and comfort items as well as toys for 30 women and children. Items were donated from CV Service unit troops as well as the community. The Junior Girl Scouts organized and wrapped the items for each family member. Scouts said it felt good to help families that are in need have a better Christmas.

Karen S. Kim A contract between an affordable senior housing developer and the city could be on the rocks after Mayor Rafi Manoukian announced he no longer supports the project. It's not affordable housing for seniors that bothers Manoukian. It's the company the City Council hired. The mayor said he was outraged by allegations from residents that American Senior Living Inc. had told applicants they needed to send $200 with their applications for a spot on the waiting list.

Glendale homeless seeking permanent shelter would have a new option under a proposed permanent supportive housing program that goes to the Housing Authority for review this afternoon. The authority is expected to approve the nonprofit PATH Ventures as the program’s sponsor starting immediately. The new project is intended to take the place of the Freedom House transitional housing program, which was closed in 2008 when the Antelope Valley Domestic Violence Council notified the city it would no longer be able to operate the program.

Joshua Pelzer Glendale will see a larger share of the federal housing pie this year, which means expanded services, projects and financial assistance for local residents. Home Investment Partnership Act grant funding increased to $2.4 million, up 19% from last year based on the city's population growth. Each city is eligible for the grant, which Glendale has received every year since 1992 to fund affordable housing construction and rehabilitation.

GLENDALE — Fewer homeless men and women were living on the streets of Glendale this year, but more of them had AIDS or HIV, according to a city report. The number of homeless men and women in Glendale dipped slightly, from 428 in 2010 to 412 this year, according to the city’s 2011 point-in-time count. Of the 412 people counted, 108 became homeless while living in Glendale. But a sharp rise in AIDS or HIV cases among the homeless population concerned service providers. Four people in 2010 reported that they had HIV or AIDS, but that number jumped to 18 this year.

Tim Willert SOUTHWEST GLENDALE -- The individuals and families who call the 40-bed emergency shelter at 437 Fernando Court home would just as soon not. "They're not the career homeless," said Vickie Gardner, the city's assistant public information officer. "They just need to get on their feet." Instead of exchanging Christmas gifts this year, Gardner and other employees in the city's management services office bought toys for shelter residents.

GLENDALE — Putting the chronically homeless into permanent housing with support services actually saves tax dollars in the long run, according to a study released this week by the United Way of Greater Los Angeles. The study, commissioned by the United Way and conducted by researchers at the USC Center for Community Health Studies at the Keck School of Medicine and Housing Works, followed four previously homeless people who had been placed in permanent supportive housing programs, which provided subsidized housing as well as case-management services.

CITY HALL — Glendale homeless seeking permanent shelter will soon have another option under a permanent supportive housing program that received Housing Authority approval Tuesday. The authority voted 6 to 0, with Councilman Dave Weaver absent, to approve Los Angeles-based nonprofit PATH Ventures as the program’s sponsor, starting immediately. The five-unit, scattered site will place homeless clients in privately leased units throughout the area, with the sponsor acting as a case manager and mediator.

A resolution recognizing and commemorating the Armenian genocide has gathered majority support in the House of Representatives, Rep. Adam Schiff announced Friday. "The Affirmative of the U.S. Record on the Armenian Genocide" resolution — House Resolution 106 — calls on the president to characterize the massacre of 1.5 million Armenians by the Ottoman Empire in 1915 as genocide. The resolution had 218 cosponsors as of Friday — which is a majority in the House of Representatives and the most support any genocide bill has ever accrued.

CITY HALL ? The Salvation Army will ask the Glendale Housing Authority today to enter into an agreement for four new affordable rental units next to the organization's Nancy Painter Home, a transitional housing project for the homeless on Chester Street. The Salvation Army bought a 12,500-square-foot property next to the Nancy Painter Home, and plans to contribute $108,000 for the new rental units. It also secured a $400,000 supportive housing program grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Crescenta Valley Girl Scout's Service Unit recently completed it's fall service project supporting Haven House -- a local home for battered women and children. Troops 926 and 423 spearheaded the efforts, collecting hygiene and comfort items as well as toys for 30 women and children. Items were donated from CV Service unit troops as well as the community. The Junior Girl Scouts organized and wrapped the items for each family member. Scouts said it felt good to help families that are in need have a better Christmas.

Karen S. Kim A contract between an affordable senior housing developer and the city could be on the rocks after Mayor Rafi Manoukian announced he no longer supports the project. It's not affordable housing for seniors that bothers Manoukian. It's the company the City Council hired. The mayor said he was outraged by allegations from residents that American Senior Living Inc. had told applicants they needed to send $200 with their applications for a spot on the waiting list.