Reputable trans housing charities in California (LA area)? (slrpnk.net)

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Hello cool folks. I have a trans friend in California who might be facing unhoused-ness, and I want to be able to give her resources to help her. I used to know about stuff like the trans couch network from tumblr, but that was ages ago, and I live in the UK now so I only know UK based housing charities.

So: what housing organisations or resources exist in California, specifically the LA area? If any? I feel so out of touch on this side of the pond. I’ll do a Google search as well, but I don’t really trust Google to vet organisations like actual trans folks can.

Alternatively, any advice I can pass along to her would help. I’m trans but I’ve been lucky enough to have secure housing so far, so I feel out of my depth.

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[-] Zorsith 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

All I've got is advice; some of this assumes they are leaving a bad situation.

gather all documents (SSN card, birth certificate, bank statements or bills with their name on it, receipts for anything expensive they may be taking with them, etc).
if they have money in a bank but the account is associated or linked with a person that may not be trusted, open an account at a new bank/credit union, withdraw funds from the old account, deposit in new account.
if their phone (assuming they have one) is under someone else's name, it may get shut off without notice, possibly maliciously. If maliciously, cops might be called depending on how malicious. Same for any other items they take with them that might be expensive.

[-] dandelion 3 points 2 months ago

This advice seems to assume the person is going to be unhoused because of their family, which may be reasonable, but I couldn't tell from the OP whether that was actually the case.

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