HUD Income and rent guidelines

FY 2009 Income Limits Summary Los Angeles County, California FY 2009 Income Limit Area Median Income FY 2009 Income Limit Category 1 Person 2 Person 3 Person 4 Person 5 Person 6 Person 7 Person 8 Person Los Angeles County $62,100 Very Low (50%) Income Limits $27,750 $31,700 $35,700 $39,650 $42,800 $46,000 $49,150 $52,350 Extremely […]

Un-Dress for Success

Did I get your attention? Now give me your clothes…just your office attire, actually. Cash Aid through Welfare/CalWORKS is not much money, and certainly not enough for responsible women to indulge in basic beauty items or interview clothing. Help them Dress for Success and earn enough money to leave “the system” For the next month, […]

AFFORDABLE HOUSING “WAIT LIST” OPENED

Affordable Housing L.A. and San Fernando Valley areas L.A. Family Housing Corporation re-opens its Waiting List to new applicants PRIORITY BY DATE RECEIVED Applications of Interest Applications can be picked up April 15–30 (Mon-Fri, 9am-4pm) 7843 Lankershim Blvd. North Hollywood, CA 91605 Also available online at http://www.lafh.org must be submitted by 4:00pm April 30, 2010

Volunteer

Community Service isn’t just for “Ladies Who Lunch” and people with criminal records – it is for everyone. Finding a spot that is just right for YOU – is difficult. Here are some places to start your search: The United Way Volunteer Los Angeles Volunteer Match All for Good Habitat for Humanity

Ozzy Osbourne’s gift

When asked for a hand out, Ozzy gave his gold crucifix away and told the man to pray with it. http://www.pr-inside.com/osbourne-s-gold-gift-for-homeless-man-r1832125.htm

Joy

This girl has a wonderful mother. You can see how loved and joyful she feels. I wonder if I can keep her…

Art by and for Homeless

Artwork by Artists without homes. “creativity is not just what he puts on the canvas but what he puts in his heart to make it through another day” -Mark Horvath aka @HardlyNormal Lamp Art Project on 7th street in Los Angeles’s Skid Row Floaters in Arizona Drawbridge for Children in San Francisco Hearts of Fire – Oija […]

Texas art dealer & homeless man

This article made me cry. Just for @hardlynormal I want to share this quote “‘It’s curious everybody asks us to do Bible study, but no Bible doings. If they invite us to a doing, I’m going. But I ain’t going to no more Bible studies. They’d be better off if they spent more time doing than […]

Is a Homeless Man art?

In the UK and the US, sculptures of people without housing are being placed on sidewalks as installations and art. http://museumofperipheralart.blogspot.com/2010/03/homeless-art.html “I put him outside, right in front of my house. I live in a fancy town, but on the least attractive street; a busy street heading into the center, where if there were a […]

Maps of Skid Row

a fried asked me where it started and ended – and so here are the maps for what other people think are the boundaries of Skid Row. First – USC.. and Charity Navigator . .