Long Beach has turned what once was considered a nuisance hotel in North Long Beach into interim housing intended to help support people who are homeless in the area and the nearby Los Angeles River.

City leaders and staffers gathered for a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Wednesday, Oct. 29, to celebrate the completion of Homekey at 5950 – a transformative project that converted the former Luxury Inn into 78 units of interim housing and will offer on-site supportive services to help residents transition into stable, long-term housing.

“We have transformed a blight on the community into an asset in our community,” Mayor Rex Richardson said during the ceremony. “It’s an important step in our strategy to address homelessness in our community.”

This project, 5950 Long Beach Blvd., is part of Hom

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