The historic displacement and fracturing of black communities in South Los Angeles have pushed black Angelenos onto city streets at 8 times the rate of other groups. nyti.ms/2Sgugtn
Timothy Wynn, who grew up in South LA, never imagined he’d become homeless. He was raised in a single-family home, went to college and worked in retail and banking. But he ended up on the street in his 50s. nyti.ms/2Sgugtn 
Mental illness and a criminal record contributed to Wynn’s struggle. But so did the housing discrimination that denied his family, like many in LA’s black communities, an equal chance at homeownership. nyti.ms/2Sgugtn
Wynn’s family arrived in LA at a time of redlining and rampant discrimination in housing and mortgage lending, which largely restricted black families to certain neighborhoods in South LA. nyti.ms/2Sgugtn
Starting in the 1980s, manufacturing jobs became scarce and black unemployment nearly doubled, pushing out many black residents. These maps show the shrinking of majority-black neighborhoods in LA. nyti.ms/2Sgugtn
Many of the black residents who remained in these neighborhoods were among the city’s poorest, and they were least able to cope with LA’s skyrocketing housing costs. nyti.ms/2Sgugtn
The number of people living on LA streets is at an all-time high. Data from January 2019 showed 44,214 people living without shelter across LA County. nyti.ms/2Sgugtn
Agencies in LA plan to build thousands of temporary shelter beds and permanent housing units by 2026, but the estimated number of people housed would leave thousands still living on the streets. nyti.ms/2Sgugtn
