Shelter Success, Housing Struggle | Irvine News

Presented by The Plant Daddies — rare specimen trees, living art, and hand-carved limestone vessels and fountains for extraordinary spaces. Showrooms in Los Angeles and Irvine. Listeners of Irvine News Today receive 10% off with code LANEWS10. theplantdaddies.com/lanews Orange County’s homelessness numbers are dropping fast—down 14% in two years—with more people now in shelters than on the streets. That’s thanks to tripling shelter beds and expanding permanent supportive housing. But the real hurdle? Getting people out of shelters and into long-term housing. It’s a supply problem, not a shelter one. Funding cuts from state and federal sources, plus shuttering of voucher programs, are slowing progress. And while treatment beds have grown, local support for addiction services is still lacking. Staying housed means solving the whole picture—not just the housing. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/023796070680cdf9