Housing & Homelessness

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Key LA city leaders call for shifting homelessness spending away from LAHSA

Changes would come in the upcoming fiscal year, if recommendations from the City Council homelessness committee are adopted by the full council.

Cities scramble to comply with or fight major state housing law

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Vendors unsure about proposed high-rise above MacArthur Park/Westlake Metro station

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Homeless service cuts at risk due to payment delays at LAHSA, official warns

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Dozens who lived in encampments along 110 Freeway are now in housing

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