The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced the immediate suspension of the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA), the lead agency for the city’s homelessness response, citing financial irregularities and program mismanagement.
In a statement, HUD noted that the Los Angeles Continuum of Care, led by LAHSA, received nearly $1 billion in federal funding dollars over the last five years. However, the department cited multiple examples of misused federal funds, false certifications, conflicts of interest, and a 2025 assessment where LAHSA failed to provide documentation to verify the existence of nearly 2,300 housing sites for which it was responsible.
HUD noted that while federal homelessness aid to Los Angeles increased 178% since the department launched its Housing First policy in 2013, homelessness in Los Angeles increased 100% and free housing for the city’s homeless increased 212%. However, the Continuum of Care funding per homeless person in Los Angeles only increased 39%.
“Under President Trump’s leadership, HUD will fund results, not corrupt failure or the homeless industrial complex,” said HUD Secretary Scott Turner. “Year after year, hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars were funneled to LAHSA with little accountability. Meanwhile, homelessness skyrocketed. Taxpayers will no longer bankroll an organization that puts its own self-interests ahead of the Americans it was created to serve.”
Another case of federal agencies going after cities and states that are not aligned with its party line. Study after study in the USA and in other countries show that Housing First works and is better than a conditional model. Shameful that the federal government is putting politics over people.
And a full, in-depth, audit of every high-level politician that was involved in the distribution of those Federal funds. The only way to discourage fraud is to investigate, prosecute, and make examples of the those who commit fraud at the highest political level.
New rule. If you’re a high-level politician and found stealing from the US government, you go to jail. Anyone with information leading to the conviction of said politician, you get a reward of 10% of the amount that was stolen.”
Fair enough, investigate and charge all who are involved in the fraudulent activities. Having said that, I find it rather strange that only Democratic Govern
states are found fraudulent. Am sure there are more fraud in Republican govern states than there are in Democratic run states, but no penalty for them. If its about accounting for American Tax Payers fund. lets investigate All States.
A plumber starts w the LARGEST LEAK before a dripping faucet.
Here we go with the left-wing portraying the victim. Read the article again it’s referring to misappropriation of funds. They are lining their pockets instead of what they are truly supposed to be doing helping the homeless. I have been to California and the homeless most of them don’t want help.. This article is not about punishing the Democrat states it’s about fraud and stealing or should I say misappropriating funds but the Democrats have always been good at misappropriating funds. Let that sink in.
The photo is not representative of the extensive encampments. Some interviews have shown many people to be from other areas and states. Alarming can be why people have ended up living this way, for the drugs some say in interviews.
I DON”T TRUST one single thing this corrupt and rotten administration says or does! They are weaponizing every department against political enemies. As long as THEY get to commit fraud on the American people, they are OKAY with it.
Slush fund, anybody? Hello? Were you okay with Trump bestowing monetary gifts on his insurrectionist supporters?
I’m trying to verify, not parrot.
Which specific monetary gifts are you referring to? The January 6 pardons are well documented, but that’s different from direct cash payments. Can you point to the actual program, payment, or benefit you’re talking about so we can discuss the facts rather than assumptions?
If only this were true: “Taxpayers will no longer bankroll an organization that puts its own self-interests ahead of the Americans it was created to serve.”
It starts at the top.