Skid Row Housing Trust

The Skid Row Housing Trust’s goal is to permanently end homelessness for our residents and strengthen the safety net for vulnerable people in Los Angeles County. Key strategies to achieve our goal include the evidence-based practices of Housing First, Trauma-Informed Care, and Harm Reduction. SRHT also supports resident choice, supporting people to take control of the circumstances of their own lives; and design equity, a belief that a person's environment forms the basis for their social interactions, affecting how they perceive themselves and interact with others.
SRHT supports our goal and strategies through three lines of business:
Real Estate Development - Builds, preserves, and renovates affordable housing in very low income communities to create more units in response to L.A.'s homelessness crisis
Health & Social Services - SRHT housing comes with case managers and programming designed to improve the health, wellness, and stability of residents
Asset Management - Provides continual property upkeep and improves the health of SRHT's portfolio by reducing vacancies
Property Management - On-site property managers keep units functional and help residents stay on top of their obligations, which increases their length of stay

SRHT's Strategic Plan outlines the following:
1. Measurably reduce homelessness by maximizing new housing production; protecting and improving our own portfolio through recapitalization; providing a continuum of housing options through diversified project and partnership types.
2. Support residents in meeting their needs by building the voice of residents in decision-making that directly affects their lives; expanding peer coaching activities that effectively improve resident outcomes; and expanding capacity to help interested residents transition to homes that best meet their needs.
3. Expand awareness of homelessness and SRHT's role in providing solutions through increased participation in advocacy for policy, resources, and systems change that advance housing solutions.
In 2022, we have set goals to increase the number of people experiencing homelessness who come through our doors and get help, and to expand our partnerships into affordable housing so that we can prevent homelessness before it starts,

Outcomes that illustrate SRHT’s impact include:
- We have permanently ended homelessness for 9,812 of LA County’s most vulnerable people.
- Our success in stabilizing the most vulnerable is reflected by a cost savings of $896,399,641MM (based on research that calculates the cost burden of one homeless person at about $34,700 a year) to LA County community members due to keeping high-acuity individuals out of emergency services and in their own homes.

Key outcomes over the last 12 months include:
-828 new affordable and permanent supportive housing units under development in the real estate department pipeline
-10 SRHT real estate assets in construction and management in Los Angeles
-27% of the staff in SRHT's Property Management Company identify as people with lived experience of homelessness, facilitating an empathetic support system for SRHT housing communities
-45,500 focused intensive case management services to residents, ensuring wellness and stability