Housing & Homelessness

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Appeals court clears LAHSA to seek federal funds, rejecting Trump admin effort to sideline agency

The court decision Thursday is the latest in an ongoing fight over whether the L.A. region’s lead homeless services agency can access and direct federal dollars.

A new California law forces one community to try something different over homelessness

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At a talent show on Los Angeles’ Skid Row, the performers are all part of the homeless community

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How do you get a housing permit in California? He can hook you up, for a fee

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LA providers say federal funding delays ‘wreaking havoc’ in homeless services system

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LA homeless agency to lay off 284 employees

Interim CEO says the public agency is “restructuring” after withdrawal of county funds.
Long Beach’s new homeless shelter still hasn’t opened as fight over billing unfolds

Since its grand opening, the youth shelter in West Long Beach has been sitting unused. It's now at the center of a legal dispute.
Most unhoused Angelenos say LA wildfires endangered their lives, study finds

21% of unhoused survey respondents said they were injured during 2025's wildfires
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

The final version of SB 79 offered local governments plenty of wiggle room over the law. Cities across California are starting to wiggle.
Vendors unsure about proposed high-rise above MacArthur Park/Westlake Metro station

The project is expected to be a two-tower complex with hundreds of residential units, including income-restricted housing, along with a hotel, office and retail space.
Homeless service cuts at risk due to payment delays at LAHSA, official warns

One official warned City Council members that providers may have to lay off staff or even go bankrupt over the payment delays.
Dozens who lived in encampments along 110 Freeway are now in housing

A $6.3 million state grant funded health and social workers’ efforts to get people inside.
City officials consider ‘mansion tax’ changes, but critics say proposed fixes don't go far enough

The L.A. housing department says tweaks to the voter-approved tax are needed to fund affordable housing projects. But some want broader reforms.
LA mayoral candidate Raman proposes homelessness plan that includes scaling back Inside Safe

The councilmember-turned-candidate announced her homelessness platform Tuesday.

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Long Beach says 375 households to lose housing vouchers as major homelessness program ends

Federal funding will soon run out for the pandemic-era plan that got hundreds of people off the street.
Report: Sharp rise in Los Angeles County student homelessness

Report finds highest rate of homeless students in the past five years.

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