Culver City Gains Ground in Housing the Homeless

Culver City continues work to address and curehomelessness. This is evidenced by Culver City's reduction in its residents' experiencing homelessness. Since Culver City declared a homelessness emergency in January 2023, the City has taken unprecedented action towards solving homelessness, including opening permanent and supportive housing sites, opening a safe-sleep site, providing shelter at two leased local motels, launching a mobile crisis response team, street-based healthcare, and extensive outreach services.

The Culver City 2024 Homeless Point-In-Time (PIT) Count revealed that 115 persons were unhoused on the streets of Culver City, a 32% decrease from the 158 persons counted in 2023 and a 66% decrease from the 229 unhoused persons counted on the street in 2022.

Culver City is a California leader in addressing homelessness by using a holistic and comprehensive approach. As of September 30, the City has accomplished the following:

Culver City's Project Homekey Permanent Supportive Housing site currently houses 39 residents since opening in October 2023.

Culver City's Project Homekey Interim Housing site currently temporarily houses 40 participants since opening in February 2024.

Culver City's Wellness Village Safe Sleep-site currently shelters 7 participants and has served 72 participants since opening in August 2023.

Culver City's Motel Lease Program currently shelters 42 participants and has served 92 participants since July 2023.

Culver City's Mobile Crisis Team, which launched in March 2024, has helped provide placement for 49 unhoused individuals and has responded to 694 calls for service, contacted 493 persons, and performed 112 mental health assessments.

For questions regarding the Homeless Reporting Dashboard, please contact Brenda Diaz at brenda.diaz@culvercity.org.