Pushed Out: LA's Unhoused Women

Here’s what you need to know about the long-awaited findings on what the city has accomplished with billions of dollars in homelessness funding.

A new Los Angeles City Council proposal aims to allow single-staircase buildings, a change advocates say would make room for more apartments, including bigger units for young families.

Many of the problems identified were at the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, the public agency known as LAHSA.

The mortality rate rose 1% in 2023 over the previous year. That’s about 2,500 deaths of unhoused people in Los Angeles County in 2023, 45% of which were caused by drug overdoses.

The proposal mirrors a similar move by L.A. County leaders, who have also criticized LAHSA for oversight and accounting problems.

Cities are cracking down on homeless encampments after a recent state Supreme Court decision gave them the greenlight to do so.

Executives with potential conflicts of interest will no longer appear on the signature lines of contracts, the L.A. homelessness services agency says. The change to LAHSA procedures was outlined after LAist found the CEO signed a $2.1 million contract with her husband’s employer.

More than 90,000 L.A. County households rely on the Housing Choice Voucher program, or Section 8, to afford housing in the private market.

The new guidance contradicts earlier statements from a city official who said tenants were on the hook for post-fire decontamination inside their own units.

One shelter resident says people have more rights in a jail than in a homeless shelter. And internal records show the vast majority of residents stay homeless — and the shelters are often a mess.