Awards
Skid Row Housing Trust and its projects have been consistently
recognized for their excellence in design, architecture and
service.
Skid Row Housing Trust
Westside Urban Forum “Westside Prize” (2008)
Bank of America Neighborhood Excellence Initiative “Neighborhood
Builder Award” (2006)
Inner City Law Center “Katherine Krause Award” (2005)
Southern California Association of Non-Profit Housing “Developer
of the Year” (2003)
California Equity Fund Affordable Housing Production “Partner
Award” (2002)
Housing Authority of City of Los Angeles “Partners for
Success” (1999)
Great Western Savings Bank “Leslie N. Shaw Sr. Memorial
Award” (1992)
Produce Place
Los Angeles Business Council “Residential Landscaping-
Multi Family Beautification Award” (1996)
Rainbow Apartments
Los Angeles Downtown News “Downtowners of Distinction
Award” (2008)
Senator Hotel
Los Angeles Business Council “New Affordable Housing
Beautification Award” (1996)
Pacific Coast Builders Conference “Best Affordable Housing
Project Gold Nugget Award” (1995)
Simone Hotel
American Institute of Architects “Honor Award for Architecture” (1994)
Los Angeles Business Council “Low Income Housing Beautification
Award (1995)
St George Hotel
MetLife Foundation Award for Excellence in Affordable Housing “Finalist” (2008)
Maxwell Awards of Excellence “Honorable Mention” (2008)
Governors’ Historic Preservation Award (2005)
Los Angeles Conservancy Preservation Award (2005)
Charles L. Edison Tax Credit Excellence Award (2005)
California Preservation Foundation Preservation Design Award
(2005)
Southern California Association of Non-Profit Housing “Project
of the Year” (2004)
Housing Development is at the core of the
Trust’s work.
In its 20 years of operation, the company has rehabilitated
15 single-room occupancy (SRO) buildings, developed six new
residential buildings, and preserved a total of 1345 units
of affordable housing in 21 separate projects for use by very
low-income, disabled and formerly homeless men and women. See
Our Homes for detailed information on existing and future housing
development.
Special Projects allow the Trust
to innovate new programs and approaches for serving homeless
and disabled individuals in housing. In 2003, the Trust was
selected as the lead agency on the Skid Row Collaborative,
one of 11 national demonstration projects funded by the United
States Interagency Council on Homelessness to address the issues
of chronic homelessness in America’s large urban communities.
In partnership with multiple community organizations and
local public agencies, the Trust is able to provide comprehensive,
integrated primary healthcare, mental health treatment, substance
abuse recovery, and social services in permanent housing
to chronically homeless men and women suffering with a severe
mental illness and/or a co-occurring disorder of substance
addiction.
In 2007, the Trust joined Los Angeles County
and a distinguished list of public and private partners to
create Project
50. Project
50 builds on the Housing First and integrated services models
embraced in the Skid Row Collaborative to target the 50 most
vulnerable homeless individuals on the streets of Skid Row.
By providing a targeted intervention of housing and services
for the individuals who have lived the longest on the streets
and suffer the most disabling conditions, the program breaks
the endless cycle from the streets to shelters, jails, and
hospitals and reduces street homelessness.
The Trust was recently
awarded Los Angeles County Housing and Homelessness Prevention
funding to create the Integrated
Services in Housing program. The program will provide
integrated case management, primary healthcare, mental health
treatment and substance treatment at the Abbey Apartments
for chronically homeless men and women. The program will
begin in January 2009.
Funding: The Trust has received funding from public, local,
state and federal sources such as the U.S. Department of Housing
and Urban Development, U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration, U.S. Health Resources and Services
Administration, the State of California Department of Mental
Health, Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, City of Los
Angeles Housing Department, City of Los Angeles Affordable
Housing Trust Fund, City of Los Angeles Community Development
Department, and the County of Los Angeles Housing Commission.
Private funding sources have included the California Endowment,
Ahmanson Foundation, Bank of America, Enterprise Community
Partners, Washington Mutual, Wells Fargo, Parsons Foundation,
Capital Group Companies, Aaroe Prudential Foundation, Corporation
for Supportive Housing and United Way Los Angeles.
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