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This section is divided into three main categories:
I. providers who have housing for emancipated youth
(see questions 1 & 5)
II. rental assistance for emancipated youth (see questions 3,4,6, & 7)
III. housing for pre-emancipated youth (see question 2)
If
you need additional help in finding
housing, contact your Transition
Coordinator.
CSWs can contact Robert Goldberg,
Housing Resource Specialist, at
213-351-0184. Probation Officers
can contact John Thompson at
213-351-0156.
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Click on the sentence above to check out these FACT SHEETS from the Community Housing Information and Referrals Program (CHIRP) with all kinds of info. that everyone living on their own should know. Things like rent and security deposits, leases and rental agreements, your rights and responsibilities, dealing with landlords and roommates, the moving process, who fixes what, and help paying your rent with Section 8 housing rent assistance. Get all the facts here! Click here for some quick tips on finding your own place!! Click here for the most recent list on transitional housing programs for emancipated youth.
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Here is info on where to find a place for tonight, or anytime soon. Learn about short-term emergency help with meals and a place to stay.
Help yourself to these resources! Click
here
for Shelter Program from Los Angeles Homeless Service
Authority (LAHSA).
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If you'd like to move out before your case closes, check
this out! As a junior or senior in high school (16 or older) you may be able to share an apartment with other youth, save some money, and receive support services while you transition to living on your own.
Learn about the Transitional Housing Placement Program (THPP). A sweet deal! (THPP Fact Sheet)
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Get more money to help with dorm, and other on- or off-campus housing costs. Here's extra money to make ends meet. Learn about Rental Assistance. Check this out!
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Need your own space? Get help finding your own apartment, some roommates, and money to help set yourself up in your new digs.
Learn about rental assistance and call your
Transition Coordinator
for more information. Get a place to hang your hat!
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Want to try a living environment with built-in support? Sometimes it's nice to have a friendly face nearby. This may be the place for you.
Learn about Transitional Housing Programs and how they help ease you into your first year out of the system.
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Get help to become a boarder and pay your family for your room and board. There are ways to stay with your current family! Learn about Rental Assistance and other funds to help you stay where you are. You can get short-term help for all of this.
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If you have been out there doing it on your own for awhile, and need some help with housing, read on!
Even after your case has closed and you've emancipated from the system, you can get help finding a place and money for start-up expenses, and special help with any difficult situations. Take advantage of this until you turn 21!
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If you are pregnant or have a child - or two - these programs may be able to help you. Or, maybe you can apply for Rental Assistance through the Youth Development Services.
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9. Transitional Housing Program for Male, Female & Transgender Women Who are
HIV+
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Need Additional Help Finding Housing, Click on one of the Links below?
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How Can the
Youth Development Services Help 
