Uncertainty looms over homeless funds as feds and local agency go blow for blow
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Set us as preferred The women living at an undisclosed two-story building in Los Angeles mark their comings and goings on a sign-in sheet using numbers instead of names, just one of the many measures to ensure the 12 families living here are not found by those who might harm them.The domestic violence center run by Jewish Family Service LA is a safe haven — as long as it can afford to operate.More than half its budget is paid for with a $300,000 grant from the U.S.
Department of Housing and Community Development.But as a battle wages between the Trump administration and the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, the regional agency tasked with doling out federal homelessness dollars, the future of this shelter and others are under threat.In an interview, LAHSA said the U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development has paused executing contracts and that 12 organizations, all of which use federal money to house people, are stuck in bureaucratic limbo, spending promised money without signed agreements in a volatile political landscape.These grants represent about $10 million in funding, according to a manager with LAHSA, who asked not to be named because the agency is part of an ongoing lawsuit.
But at stake is a much larger pool of money — roughly $240 million — if a HUD investigation finds LAHSA is unfit to manage federal dollars.The Times spoke with the heads of four of these nonprofits, all who said they feel like they’re flying blind and are contemplating cuts to services.“There’s people at the bottom of this whole food chain that are desperately in need of services.
No provision was made to make sure they’re still going to get services,” said Eli Veitzer, president and chief executive of Jewish Family Service LA.He said he’s still waiting on a contract for the $300,000 grant for a funding cycle...