As homelessness continues to impact communities across the region, the City of Glendale is taking an important step to enhance its response by integrating its Homeless Services team into its Community Development Dept.’s Housing Division. This strategic realignment is expected to improve the City’s capacity to prevent and end homelessness by linking housing opportunity directly to homelessness response.

  “The seamless integration of housing and homeless services reflects Glendale’s commitment to delivering permanent housing solutions and ending homelessness in our community,” said City of Glendale Community Development Director Bradley Calvert. “This change will also strengthen our collaboration with regional partners across Los Angeles County.”

  The alignment supports and accelerates the City’s ongoing initiatives to expand housing access and homeless support services. These include Glendale’s inclusionary zoning policies, interim housing programs, the newly established Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Regional Housing Trust and the efforts of the Glendale Housing Authority.

  Leadership of the Homeless Services team will remain under Arsine Isayan, who was recently appointed deputy director of Community Development for the Housing Division. With more than a decade of experience in homeless services, Isayan has played a pivotal role in expanding the City’s capacity to respond to homelessness through relationships and innovative, data-driven approaches.

  “An effective response to homelessness has always required strong partnerships with partners in the community, law enforcement and other government agencies,” said Isayan. “As homeless services in the county of Los Angeles experiences a major shift, the integration of these two City operations will ensure those in need in our community experience an even higher quality of assistance.”

  Under Isayan’s continued leadership, the team will maintain its delivery of a broad range of targeted services designed to prevent and end homelessness, while leveraging new opportunities within the Housing Division to build lasting solutions for the community.

 Provided by the City of Glendale