Housing Works (HW) is one of Los Angeles’ most effective housing agencies, serving more than 750 individuals with lived experience of chronic homelessness, severe and persistent mental illness, addiction, recovery and addiction in permanent supportive housing. We work in partnership with affordable housing developers to provide proven housing retention supports that keep more than 90% of its participants housed for good. Program services include:
–Mobile Integrated Service Team (MIST)–provides comprehensive support services to formerly homeless tenants living in scattered-site permanent housing units, including case management, 24/7 crisis response, counseling, psychiatric care, medication management, money management, health care, recovery services and treatment, benefits advocacy, employment readiness and search assistance.
–Homeless Outreach–street outreach to engage people experiencing chronic homelessness with a goal of moving them into services, medical care and permanent supportive housing.
–Eviction Prevention/Housing Retention Services–interventions to keep people at risk of eviction permanently housed with a 98% rate of retention.
–Empowerment Works—community integration services, including workforce development, social skills development, recovery supports and artistic expression that help participants become valued members of a community.