Jason M. Ward


Navigating the Housing and Foster Care Systems in Los Angeles County

RAND

Year: 2025

Homelessness continues to be one of the most pressing policy issues in Los Angeles County, California. Although substantial investments have been made to address it over the past several years, the number of people experiencing homelessness is still large. It … Continue reading


The High Cost of Producing Multifamily Housing in California

RAND

Year: 2025

In this report, the authors present analyses of production cost differences among privately funded, market-rate apartments and publicly subsidized affordable apartments in California, Colorado, and Texas using a sample of cost data on more than 140 completed projects. The report … Continue reading


Annual Trends Among the Unsheltered in Three Los Angeles Neighborhoods: The Los Angeles Longitudinal Enumeration and Demographic Study (LA LEADS) 2023 Annual Report

RAND Corporation

Year: 2024

Despite substantial ongoing efforts to resolve homelessness in Los Angeles, data from Los Angeles County’s January 2023 point-in-time count found a 9 percent increase from the previous year in the estimated number of people experiencing homelessness countywide and a 10 … Continue reading


Annual Trends Among the Unsheltered in Three Los Angeles Neighborhoods: The Los Angeles Longitudinal Enumeration and Demographic Survey (LA LEADS) 2024 Annual Report

RAND Corporation

Year: 2025

Since fall 2021, RAND has conducted ongoing enumerations and surveys of people experiencing unsheltered homelessness in three neighborhoods in Los Angeles, California: Hollywood, Skid Row, and Venice. These data were obtained to provide policymakers with a deeper understanding of trends … Continue reading


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