We are the unhoused of Los Angeles…
What is UTACH?
UTACH - Unhoused Tenants Against Carceral Housing is a grassroots organization run for and by unhoused tenants. The homeless services system has functioned too long by implementing a top-down approach to ending homelessness. It is time that OUR voices be at the center of services and solutions being offered.
How did UTACH begin?
After the militaristic displacement of the community at Echo Park Lake, a group of residents who had been displaced began meeting to discuss experiences they were having at various interim housing sites. We realized that although we were in different places, much of what we were experiencing was the same.
Common problem with PRK and interim housing
Debilitating curfews that prevent us from getting to/from steady employment, confiscation of survival supplies like food and eating utensils, extreme social isolation, harassment from security, complete lack of privacy, no transparency about their future in the program, and other punitive rules that further marginalize the poorest Angelenos.
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