19-Story High-Rise for the Homeless Opens in Downtown LA’s Skid Row

The first of two Weingart Towers offers nearly 300 units, each costing about $595,000, according to officials at the opening ceremony.

Sidewalk encampment in the Skid Row neighborhood of Los Angeles on May 16, 2023. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

Los Angeles elected officials and homeless service providers gathered June 19 to celebrate the opening of a new 19-story shelter in downtown’s Skid Row, the epicenter of the city’s homeless crisis.

Known as the Weingart Towers, the first of two opened, boasting 228 studio apartments and 50 one-bedroom units—with three set aside for onsite managers.