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Housing Programs
Emergency Shelter
 The Safe House emergency shelter provides housing for up to 30-days. The
shelter is a two bedroom/ two bathroom apartment consisting of two beds
in each bedroom. The shelter has a spacious living and dining room area,
as well as a fully stocked kitchen with stove and refrigerator. The shelter
waitlist, on average, consists of 20 names per month. Potential emergency
residents are waitlisted on a referral basis. Case managers at affiliated
AIDS service and housing assistance organizations refer individuals to
Safe House. Case managers are asked by Safe House staff to verify that
their clients meet the multi-diagnosis criteria necessary for shelter
placement. When there is a bed available, case managers are immediately
notified over the phone, and are reminded to send their clients with their
respective HIV diagnosis forms and documentation related to mental illness
and/or substance abuse history.
Transitional Housing Program
Safe House offers a six-month transitional housing program. There are
currently three transitional apartments: one of these apartments is
a two-bedroom/two-bath apartment with one bed in each bedroom; the remaining
two are one bedroom apartments with two beds in each bedroom. Residents
in the emergency shelter are notified of any openings in the six-month
program. Families consisting of parents or legal guardians that meet
the multi-diagnosis criteria that Safe House requires are often given
consideration for placement in the 6-month transitional program.
Permanent Housing
 Safe House provides permanent housing to low-income persons living with
HIV/AIDS and histories with mental illness and/or chemical dependency. The permanent housing program consists of 13 one-bedroom apartments
that can accommodate single individuals or small families. Some of the
apartments are subsidized through the City of Los Angeles Section 8
program so that tenants only pay approximately one-third of their monthly
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