• One in four homeless are veterans. One in five suffers from severe untreated mental illness

• One quarter of homeless are children

• Domestic violence is a leading cause of homelessness among women

• Hud budget slashed over fifty percent

• Over five million homes have been foreclosed since 2008

• Criminalizing homelessness is steadily increasing

“The human suffering that occurs on Skid Row is astonishing – it will literally take your breath away,"

-Jose Huizar, city councilman and co-chair of the city's Homelessness and Poverty Committee.