The Latest Breaking News from LAHSA

Los Angeles officials have moved to take control of hundreds of millions of dollars in homelessness spending after two scathing audits found the government agency currently responsible for that money has spent it recklessly and without transparency

Officials say the number of people living outside has slightly decreased for the first time in years

Since January, the city has cleared nearly 600 encampments.

LOS ANGELES — In a bit of welcome news that was immediately met with skepticism, the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority reported last summer that homelessness appeared to be leveling off.

LOS ANGELES — Eviction moratoriums and cash income from extended unemployment insurance and stimulus payments helped thousands of economically vulnerable people in Los Angeles County avoid becoming homeless during the pandemic, a new study has found.

LOS ANGELES — Nearly $150 million worth of federal grants to the three main housing agencies working to reduce homelessness in Greater Los Angeles went unspent between 2015 and 2020, as the number of unhoused people soared.

LOS ANGELES — When the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority this month published a spreadsheet breaking down its homeless count by every census tract in the county, those with knowledge of Venice were incredulous.

After her dramatic resignation, a top official discusses systemic flaws in the response to one of the country’s worst humanitarian crises

LOS ANGELES — The posted deadline for every tent and shanty to be gone arrived on a Monday.