Amid homelessness crisis, why is L.A.'s Cecil Hotel mostly empty?

At a time when more than 40,000 people are experiencing homelessness in the city, it may seem unfathomable for 400 units to be sitting empty in a building near skid row, the epicenter of L.A.’s homelessness crisis. But even with solid funding and the best of intentions, the Cecil project has struggled to overcome a system beset with a slow-moving bureaucracy and multiple failure points, and to offer housing that serves a population with myriad needs.

Jaimie Ding

https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2022-12-13/cecil-hotel-homeless-housing-struggles