Replace failed homeless agency and failed housing first policy

A federal judge may have forced the Trump administration to keep funding the LA Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA), but the day of reckoning is coming.The US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) blocked $241 million in funding to LAHSA in June, citing what it called “obvious fraud.”That accusation wasn’t some invention of the Trump White House. LA County and the city of LA had both raised serious questions about mismanagement and conflicts of interest at LAHSA.LAHSA has struggled to explain what happened to billions of dollars that flowed into its coffers over the last several years, including roughly $1 billion in federal funds.One thing that LAHSA wasn’t doing: fighting homelessness.California's top news, sports and entertainment delivered to your inbox every day.

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Never miss a story The 2026 homeless count revealed that the number of homeless people in the city of LA rose by 3.4%.The county saw a rise of 1.2%.This week, HUD Secretary Scott Turner and US Department of Heath and Human Services Secretary Robert F.

Kennedy Jr.came to Southern California to drive home the message: LAHSA is a failure.Turner noted that while homelessness doubled in LA over the past decade, funding to LAHSA had nearly tripled.There is no excuse — and no reason for taxpayers, at any level, to be funding the agency.US District Judge David O.

Carter may have blocked the administration from cutting LAHSA’s federal funding. California Post News: Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X, YouTube, WhatsApp, LinkedInCalifornia Post Sports Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, XCalifornia Post Opinion California Post Newsletters: Sign up here!California Post App: Download here!Home delivery: Sign up here!Page Six Hollywood: Sign up here!But he made clear that he was only preserving the funding because there was no replacemen...