Long Beach City College Will Let Students Sleep In The Parking Garage Overnight

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Long Beach City College Will Let Students Sleep In The Parking Garage Overnight

But at least for now, there are only 15 spots available

By Collin Woodard
Monday 10:57AM

Long Beach City College has launched a program that will allow up to 15 students experiencing homelessness to park in its garage overnight, the Los Angeles Times reports.

They’ll have access to electricity, bathrooms, and wifi at night, and perhaps most importantly, there will be security guards around to make it safer to sleep in their cars. The pilot program will initially be limited to 15 parking spaces, but if it’s successful, it could be expanded in the future.

Hopefully, it will be expanded, because the school currently believes 68 students live in their cars — and that’s just the students who have cars to live in. The college says 199 students have experienced homelessness for more than a year{.}

Obviously, it’s not a perfect solution. Ideally, someone would just give these students an actual place to live. Permanent supportive housing works, and it’s often essential for anyone to find success. But since it’s illegal in most of California to build the kind of housing that’s actually needed, it’s at least a step in the right direction.

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