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Baldwin Park honored with Helen Putnam award for tiny‑home homeless initiative
Summary
The League of California Cities presented Baldwin Park with the Helen Putnam Award for its twin tiny‑home projects—Esperanza Villa and Serenity Homes—which the city says helped drive an 80% drop in homelessness over five years.
Jennifer Kwan of the League of California Cities presented the Helen Putnam Award to the City of Baldwin Park on Nov. 19, honoring the city's homelessness reduction initiative built around two tiny‑home facilities, Esperanza Villa and Serenity Homes.
The award citation called the effort "an innovative and transformative" model that pairs noncongregate shelter for individuals with a family‑focused bridge housing project. "City of Baldwin Park received the Helen Putnam award for their homeless reduction initiative featuring 2 tiny home facilities, Esperanza Villa and Serenity Homes," Kwan said during the council meeting.
Mayor Alejandra…
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