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VOALA opens affordable housing facilities in Northridge and Woodland Hills

Tim
3 June, 2024

As the housing crisis in Los Angeles continues, Volunteers of America Los Angeles (VOALA) is proud to continue its ongoing partnership with the California Department of Housing and Community Development and City of Los Angeles to provide safe, permanent housing opportunities for individuals in need. Through this collaborative effort, VOALA...

New San Pedro Veterans Facility Opens

Tim
21 December, 2022

A Place to Call Home Struggling veterans receive extensive services in the new San Pedro transitional housing program  Veteran Eli never imagined himself living on the streets. After he was discharged, he experienced numerous personal challenges leading to a family crisis one night.  Suddenly, he had no place to live.  That one...

LA City Councilmember Mitch O’Farrell gives tour of housing options ahead of Echo Park Lake reopening

Tim
26 May, 2021

  LOS ANGELES - Long before Echo Park Lake’s homeless encampment became a public safety issue, Los Angeles City Councilmember Mitch O’Farrell was identifying and creating potential housing solutions for Council District 13. "Homelessness is the issue of the day. We didn’t get this way overnight, and we’re not going to solve...

AMERICAN VETERANS MINI HOME BUILDERS

VOALA
28 February, 2019

Volunteers of America Los Angeles (VOALA) and American Veterans Mini Home Builders (AVMHB), are utilizing modular homes to develop and build mini homes for homeless veterans. AVMHB's mission is to "provide a scalable semi-transportable solution to a reachable portion of the chronic homeless population in Los Angeles County" and to "provide...

PARTNER SPOTLIGHT: L.A. Care

Ralph
23 February, 2018

VOALA’s mission is to help disadvantaged people meet their potential through programs that encourage positive development, promote self-sufficiency and foster independence. The group that often falls through the cracks are those not diagnosed as needing substance abuse residential treatment.  As a result, the individuals continue to be lost to...

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