LOS ANGELES \u2014 Stacey has been struggling with homelessness for five years.\u00a0Now, she is living in her RV in a safe parking lot.<\/p>\n
\u201cI can finally relax and get my life together,\u201d said Stacey.<\/p>\n
What You Need To Know<\/p>\n
According to the\u00a02025 Greater Los Angeles homeless count, more than 72,000 people are homeless on a given night in Los Angeles County
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This all comes as\u00a0a new law has gone into effect\u00a0in LA allowing law enforcement to dispose of abandoned or inoperable RV\u2019s worth up to $4,000<\/p>\n
To enter this transitional housing program, residents like Stacey have to promise to work with a housing navigator and to give up their RVs upon entering housing<\/p>\n
The parking lot Stacey is staying in is owned by the city of Los Angeles and is part of the Pathway Home RV Interim Housing Pilot Program<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n For years it was sitting empty, but in 2024 it was turned into transitional housing for those living out of their RVs.<\/p>\n Now, residents like Stacey and her dog Beethoven have a safe place to sleep at night and search for a job.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cOn the street it is kind of hard to get a job and even keep up with one because you don\u2019t have a place to shower, to sleep and you don\u2019t really have clothes,\u201d said Stacey.\u00a0<\/p>\n According to the 2025 Greater Los Angeles homeless count<\/a>, more than 72,000 people are homeless on a given night in LA County.\u00a0<\/p>\n The 2025 homeless count also shows that RVs are the most common type of shelter for people living outdoors.\u00a0<\/p>\n The 24-hour, 14-spot RV safe parking lot that Stacey is staying in offers a security guard, a gate, water, electricity,\u00a0restrooms and medical care.\u00a0<\/p>\n It is run by Mel Tillekeratne, the co-founder of the Shower of Hope<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cEveryday you see nurse practitioners come on to the site and do everything from checkups to physical therapy on our clients because now there is a place they can actually visit them,\u201d said Tillekeratne<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n LA County Supervisor Holly Mitchell said this was originally launched as a pilot program in collaboration with the LA County Homelessness Initiative.\u00a0<\/p>\n The program has been in operation for a year and has been able to help eight people get into housing.\u00a0<\/p>\n Due to its success, Supervisor Mitchell said the program was extended.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cWe are going to continue this as long as we have the land available and I think it is a great opportunity for other communities and elected officials,\u201d said Supervisor Mitchell. \u201cIf there is a plot of land that may not be vacant permanently at least it can be used in a temporary time frame for something like this.\u201d<\/p>\n