LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Los Angeles city and county housing officials hosted the groundbreaking of a high-rise complex on Skid Row designed exclusively for the unhoused. The 17-story building will ...

LOS ANGELES -- A grand opening ceremony was held Wednesday for a high-rise building in downtown Los Angeles that will house homeless individuals. There are 278 units in the 19-story development ...

DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A grand opening ceremony was held Wednesday for a high-rise building in downtown Los Angeles that will house homeless individuals. There are 278 units in the 19 ...

A fancy, new, taxpayer-funded hi-rise homeless shelter featuring apartments with skyline views, a gym and cafe is set to open in Los Angeles — looking more like a hipster haven than public housing.

The Weingart Tower a 19-story, 278-unit permanent supportive housing development in Skid Row for homeless people currently living in the area. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) ...

Pete White, executive director of the Skid Row advocacy group Los Angeles Community Action Network, said he sees the towers as “one important feature of what a stabilized Skid Row can look like.

The congregation of social service agencies and single-room occupancy housing in Skid Row is here by design — part of a “containment” policy instituted by Los Angeles in the 1970s.

The Weingart Towers, which will include a 19-story high-rise at 555-561 S. Crocker St. and a 12-story high-rise at 554-562 S. San Pedro St., will offer a total of 382 units to people experiencing h… ...