L.A. County contractors are rushing to complete a 232-unit Vignes Street homeless housing development in downtown Los Angeles. Authorities said the project will be a milestone for speed and economy.
Doug Smith | Los Angeles Times
For years it was just another dreary piece of the downtown Los Angeles backdrop — a vacant lot between the county jail and the rusted hulk of a factory.
But since Thanksgiving, two three-story buildings, flanked by a village of trailer homes, have sprung up on the former industrial site.
When the last touches of landscaping are done next month, the 232-bed Vignes Street development will have shattered the axiom that homeless housing takes years to build and is exorbitantly expensive.