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LA Times Today: Little Tokyo and Skid Row celebrate new affordable housing development

LA Times Today: Little Tokyo and Skid Row celebrate new affordable housing development

Watch L.A. Times Today at 8 p.m. on Spectrum News 1 on Channel 1 or live stream on the Spectrum News App. Palos Verdes Peninsula and Orange County viewers can watch on Cox Systems on channel 99.

At the intersection of Skid Row and Little Tokyo, a beacon of hope has risen. That hope comes in the form of a seven story building: a new housing development called Umeya.

Built by the Little Tokyo Service Center, it provides 175 units of deeply affordable housing.

Community leaders see the Umeya as a critical step toward addressing the city’s homelessness crisis with dignity and solidarity.

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