Housing Works

LA2050 Funds will build a foundation for a better quality of life for those living in affordable housing developments by developing and sharing best practices to provide enriched services and build community in order to reduce isolation, violence, poor health and episodic homelessness. Housing Works is a premier provider of housing retention services for numerous affordable housing developers. We know what it takes to get people into housing and to help them retain it. We know that on-site services and community are levers for transformation.

Los Angeles is making historic investments in affordable housing in order to address the crisis of houselessness. Housing Works knows that in order for this effort to be successful people need to retain that housing for the long term. It's Food Boost program delivers weekly food to the most vulnerable ill and elderly participants, enabling them to remain healthy and housed. LA2050 funding will enable Housing Works to purchase a food delivery van and equipment to grow Food Boost to serve more people living in permanent supportive housing.

Housing Works developed its Food Boost program during the pandemic to ensure that its most vulnerable, elderly and ill formerly chronically homeless participants would have access to free, fresh, culturally relevant food. The program is now being institutionalized to ensure that people living in permanent supportive housing can remain housed and off the streets for good. LA2050 funding will purchase a delivery van to distribute twice-weekly, culturally relevant meals and grocery boxes.