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Amalia Mendez and her husband Juan Sernas, who have lived in L.A. for the past 36 years. Sernas said the monthly payments from BIG:LEAP helped pay their family’s rent in Mid-City and buy food and clothing for his five children.If you're enjoying this article, you'll love our daily morning newsletter, How To LA. Every weekday, you'll get fresh, community-driven stories that catch you up with our independent local news.
The selected participants were in deep poverty and “teetering on the edge” of losing housing, struggling to pay their bills, and battling to meet their most basic needs, the researchers noted. The average annual household income was a little more than $14,200, and 71% of people in the program received SNAP/CalFresh benefits.The highest number of participants were in Price’s 9th district, which includes Exposition Park and South Central, followed by Marqueece Harris-Dawson’s 8th district and Imelda Padilla’s 6th district.
About 10% of people said they would be able to cover an emergency expense before the payments, which grew to about 15% by the time the program ended. But they were able to hold onto housing and put the payments toward rent, which the researchers said worked to prevent homelessness for some people who had been falling through the cracks.
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