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Sheltered
An unhoused person residing in a supervised, publicly or privately operated shelter designed for temporary living arrangements.
Unsheltered
An unhoused person residing on the street, in a tent, in a vehicle, or in any other space not designed or ordinarily used as a regular sleeping accommodation.
Unhoused
An individual or family lacking a fixed, regular, permanent, and adequate nighttime residence.
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Los Angeles uses a Housing First approach: get people into permanent housing as fast as possible, rather than prioritizing temporary shelter.
New York City operates under a Legal Right to Shelter, a 1979 law guaranteeing every unhoused individual and family the right to shelter. As a result, NYC prioritizes temporary shelter over permanent housing placement.
By the Numbers
For every 1 unsheltered person in NYC, there are 8 in LA.
NYC's Department of Homeless Services spends 6× more per unhoused person than LAHSA spends in LA.
Our proposal creates a flexible housing infrastructure that can spatially transition between the modes of shelter and temporary housing. This typology provides the comfort and amenities of temporary housing while maintaining the efficacy and efficiency of shelters to immediately decrease the unsheltered population in LA City.
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