WATCH: Registry Helps SFV Homeless Get New Housing

Finding the homeless, then finding ways to make homes for them.

The 100,000 Homes Campaign is a nationwide effort to find and place the most vulnerable homeless individuals into permanent housing by July 2013. The San Fernando Valley Homeless Coalition and in North Hollywood joined the 100,000 Homes Campaign and conducted a registry week in the San Fernando Valley communities of North Hollywood and Sun Valley at the end of August. The SFV Homeless Coalition's goal is the find permanent housing for 75 of the vulnerable homeless persons that were identified. 

60 volunteers helped conduct the on-site surveys, which took place over several days at sixteen pre-determined locations throughout North Hollywood and Sun Valley. The activity happened in the very early hours of the morning, with the volunteers trekking through parks, alleys and even shrubbery along the freeways between 4 a.m. and 6 a.m., just to find and interview the area's homeless population. The volunteers had clipboards and forms in hand, and respectfully interviewed the people they discovered living in the streets and without shelter. Along with gathering the homeless individual's personal information and history, the volunteers took photographs of each individual for visual identification. The volunteers also presented a $10 gift card from McDonald's to the interviewees as a goodwill gesture.

75 of SFV's Most Vulnerable Homeless Will Have New Permanent Homes in November

At 10 a.m. on September 2, the San Fernando Valley Homeless Coalition, the 100,00 Homes Campaign, L.A. Family Housing, and Los Angeles City Councilman Tony Cárdenas presented the results of the registry at a press conference held at the construction site of the new housing facility on Glenoaks Boulevard in Sun Valley. The information gathered from the registry will be used to identify the best candidates for placement at the Sun Valley site. According to Stephanie Klasky-Gamer, president and CEO of L.A. Family Housing, the yet-to-be-named permanent housing facility should be moving residents into their new homes in November.

Get Involved. Stay Connected. Lend Support.

Although this effort will take 75 homeless individuals off the streets in the North Hollywood and Sun Valley areas, there is still a long way to go to reach the nationwide goal of permanently housing 100,000 vulnerable homeless by July 2013.  The San Fernando Valley Homeless Coalition and L.A. Family Housing would like you to become involved in their cause by volunteering, staying connected and lending support.

Become involved in the SFV Homeless Coalition. The coalition meets the last Wednesday of the month from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Meetings are held at the L.A. Family Housing Transitional Living Center- 7817 Lankershim Boulevard, North Hollywood 91605.

Follow the Coaltion on Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/SFV100KHomes

Support the effort through donations:

 Money for move-in expenses

Gently used furniture

Household goods- dishes, cookware, bedding, etc.

CONTACT the San Fernando Valley Homeless Coalition:

John Horn (LA Family Housing) - (818)982-4091 x124  john@lafh.org

Eddie Sanders (NEVHC) - (818)898-1388 x41658  eddiesanders@NEVHC.org

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