1000 Homes Competition
About the Competition
The 1000 Homes Development Competition inspires to create feasible solutions that integrate development, design, and social services. Each team matches up with a public-sector sponsor who helps the team in proposing a supportive housing project on a specific development site in one of the competition cities. The design should meet the needs of, and are responsive to, the sensitivities of the community.
The Challenge
It is estimated that over 48,000 people are homeless in Los Angeles County on any given night. This high level of homelessness represents needless human suffering, excessive cost to our County’s health care, law enforcement, and social services systems, and a drain on the vibrancy of our urban areas. Approximately twenty percent of the homeless are considered to be chronically homeless, living in shelters or on the streets for extended periods of time.
And it is the chronically homeless that costs local government the most and are in the most need of help.
One form of assistance that has consistently been proven to effectively house this homeless population is known as supportive housing.Supportive housing is permanent, affordable housing linked to health, mental health, employment, and other support services.
The 2010 Competition has ended.
To Join the Competition
Interested individuals and teams are invited to apply to be among the five teams selected to participate in the competition. Applications will be available in the Winter.
To Sponsor a Team
If you are a public official in the Los Angeles County and would like to sponsor a team, please contact:
Shahrouz Golshani
1000 Homes Committee Chair
Managing Director, PPG
shahrouz@plazaproperty.com
Mike Brown
Principal, Pelican Holdings
mike@pelicanholdingsllc.com
For additional information, please visit:
www.uli-la.org/1000homes
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2009 Competition
Four teams presented their project proposals the evening of June 5th at the UCLA Anderson School of Management Korn Hall. Each of the four teams represented a public-entity client. The clients included: City of Pasadena, City of Pomona, Hollywood Entertainment District, and Department of Veterans Affairs.
