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LAHSA Activa Su Programa de Albergues de Invierno
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LAHSA activó su Programa de Albergues de Invierno el primero de noviembre. Esta iniciativa salvará a miles de vidas al traer adentro a personas sin hogar durante situaciones de clima extremo o de emergencia. Junto al Programa de Respuesta a Emergencias, LAHSA traerá a personas sin hogar adentro en situaciones de clima extremo y otras emergencias.
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11/6/24 |
Winter Shelter Program |
LA’s Life-Saving Winter Shelter Program returns for 2024-25
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The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA)’s Winter Shelter Program for the 2024-25 season opened Friday, November 1. The life-saving program, which starts by offering 217 beds across five sites in Los Angeles County, will run through March 31, 2025.
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11/5/24 |
Winter Shelter Program |
LAHSA Launches Volunteer Registration For The 2025 Greater Los Angeles
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Volunteer registration is now open for the 2025 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count in January. The 2025 Homeless Count will take place on the evenings of January 21, 22, and 23. |
10/29/24 |
Homeless Count |
LAHSA Releases New Data Dashboards to Increase Transparency and Understanding of Homelessness Across the LA Area
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The dashboards, of which an initial iteration is being made public, offer never-before-seen insights into outreach, the interim housing system, and programmatic key performance indicators. |
10/2/24 |
Data Dashboards |
LAHSA and Housing Diversity Corp. Partner to Bring LA County its Largest Master Leased Building
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The building’s 147 homes for people experiencing homelessness will increase LAHSA’s Master Leasing Program’s portfolio by two-thirds.
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7/25/24 |
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Resultados del Censo de Personas Sin Hogar
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La CEO de LAHSA se siente optimista en que los esfuerzos coordinados proveen una oportunidad para continuar reduciendo la falta de vivienda y albergue.
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07/02/24 |
Presentacion de la conferencia de prensa.
Presentacion larga
Resumen de los datos
Conteo total
Panel de control y mapa interactivo
Infografias
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Unsheltered Homelessness Drops and Sheltered Homelessness Rises in City and County of Los Angeles
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LAHSA CEO cautiously optimistic that unified approach provides opportunity to continue reducing unsheltered homeslessness. |
06/28/2024 |
Press Conference deck
Slide deck (long version)
Data Summaries
Raw Data Totals
Dashboard and Interactive Map
Download our infographics here
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LAHSA Unveils Welcome Navigation Center
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Innovative interim housing pilot prepares people for housing within 30 days. |
6/13/24 |
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LAHSA Presenta el Welcome Navigation Center
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El programa piloto prepara a personas sin hogar en obtener vivienda permanente en un plazo de 30 días.
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6/13/24 |
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LAHSA Toma Medidas Para Combatir el Aumento de Latinos Sin Hogar
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Una Coalición Especial, participación comunitaria y personal especializado contribuirán a revertir esta tendencia creciente.
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5/30/2024 |
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LAHSA Takes Action to Address Latino Homelessness
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A Special Task Force, community engagement, and key staff will help address a growing trend.
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05/14/2024 |
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Statement on the Completion of the Volunteer Portion of the 2024 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count
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Statement from LAHSA CEO Dr. Va Lecia Adams Kellum on the completion of the volunteer portion of the 2024 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count
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01/26/2024 |
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HUD Awards over $188 Million to Address Homelessness in LA
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The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has awarded over $188 million for FY 2023 renewal and new projects to the Los Angeles Continuum of Care (LA CoC). This amount represents an increase of $24.56 million over HUD’s allocation to the LA CoC in FY 2022. This increase includes an adjustment for Fair Market Rent for existing programs and new programs. |
02/06/2024 |
Awards |
City of L.A. Adds Additional Winter Shelter Beds in Advance of Storm
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As part of its Augmented Winter Shelter Program activation, the City of Los Angeles will activate four Recreation and Park site shelters and showers beginning at 5:00 pm on Saturday, February 3. The City’s Recreation and Parks Department will provide facility management, while LAHSA and its service providers will manage the sites. These additional beds will stay in operation until the evening of February 8 but can be extended if the severe weather is expected to continue. |
02/02/2024 |
Winter Shelter |
Augmented Winter Shelter Program to Provide Shelter From Storm
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The City and County of Los Angeles have activated the Augmented Winter Shelter Program to provide additional shelter options for people living on the streets. The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority oversees and operates the Winter Shelter Program.
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01/30/2024 |
Winter Shelter |
Los Angeles Leaders Kick Off 2024 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count
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As the 2024 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count began Tuesday, Los Angeles leaders gathered to emphasize the importance of working together to reduce and eventually end homelessness in LA County. |
1/24/2024 |
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Augmented Winter Shelter Program To Provide Shelter From Upcoming Storm
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The City and County of Los Angeles have activated the Augmented Winter Shelter Program to provide additional shelter options for people living on the streets. The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority oversees and operates the Winter Shelter Program. |
1/18/2024 |
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Supervisor Kathryn Barger appoints herself to LAHSA Commission
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Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger appointed herself to the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority Commission in October. Supervisor Barger, who represents LA County’s Fifth Supervisorial District, joined the LAHSA Commission for its October 27 meeting.
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12/08/2023 |
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Volunteer Registration Now Open For 2024 Homeless Count
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The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) has opened registration for the 2024 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count. In 2024, the Homeless Count will occur during the evening on January 23, 24, and 25. Volunteers can register for the Homeless Count at TheyCountWillYou.org.
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12/07/2023 |
Homeless Count Website |
LA Region’s Life-Saving Winter Shelter Program Returns with More Seasonal Beds
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The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA)’s Winter Shelter Program for the 2023-24 season opened Wednesday, November 1. The life-saving program, which offers 322 beds across eight sites in Los Angeles County, will run through March 31, 2024.
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11/2/2023 |
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LAHSA Works With Harvard Kennedy School Government Performance Lab to Improve Rehousing System
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The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) is collaborating with a new initiative of the Harvard Kennedy School Government Performance Lab (GPL), the Homelessness Prevention & Rehousing Accelerator, to work on system improvements that will prevent individuals from becoming homeless and to improve the rehousing process |
10/16/2023 |
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Mayor Bass Appoints Herself to LAHSA Commission
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Mayor Karen Bass has appointed herself to the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority Commission; the appointment was confirmed by a unanimous vote of the Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday, October 10.
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10/13/2023 |
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Hundreds Of Lives Saved As Tropical Storm Hilary Hits LA County
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The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority coordinated with the City and County of Los Angeles to offer hundreds of beds to people experiencing homelessness in high-risk areas.
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8/21/2023 |
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LAHSA CEO details accomplishments in first 100 days
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Dr. Va Lecia Adams Kellum, Chief Executive Officer of the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA), announced several significant improvements to the Los Angeles area’s rehousing system during her first 100 days at the agency.
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8/1/2023 |
Slide deck |
Supervisor Horvath to Chair LAHSA Commission
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The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) Commission voted in Los Angeles County Supervisor Lindsey Horvath as its chair Friday, July 28, 2023. |
7/28/2023 |
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LAHSA releases results of 2023 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count
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The 2023 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count results were released, showing a 9% rise in homelessness on any given night in Los Angeles County to an estimated 75,518 people and a 10% rise in the City of Los Angeles to an estimated 46,260 people. |
6/29/2023 |
Slide Deck |
HUD Awards Over $157 Million to Address Homelessness in Los Angeles
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The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has awarded over $157 million for FY 2022 renewal and new projects to the Los Angeles Continuum of Care (LA CoC). This amount represents an increase of $2.49 million over HUD’s allocation to the LA CoC in FY 2021. |
3/30/2023 |
HUD Press Release |
LAHSA wraps up the 2023 Greater Los Angeles Unsheltered Count
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LAHSA announced it finished the 2023 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count enumeration process. Volunteers and staff from various cities completed 93% of the census tracts in the Los Angeles CoC on the first three nights. Special count teams counted the remaining census tracts in the days following the volunteer counts. |
02/13/2023 |
Homeless Count Website |
Los Angeles Rehousing System Awarded $60 Million in Funding to Address Unsheltered Homelessness
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The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) granted the LA Continuum of Care (LA CoC) $60 million ($20 million per year over three years) – the maximum amount under this grant - to address unsheltered homelessness throughout the LA region. |
02/02/2023 |
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LAHSA Announces Improvements to the 2023 Homeless Count
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LAHSA announced an array of updates on how it conducts the annual Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count. For the 2023 Homeless Count, LAHSA is taking lessons learned from last year and the best practices from previous years to improve deployment sites, training, and digital tools. |
01/11/2023 |
Homeless Count Website |
Volunteer Registration Now Open For 2023 Homeless Count
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LAHSA opened registration for the 2023 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count. In 2023, the Homeless Count will occur during the evening on January 24, 25, and 26. Volunteers can register for the Homeless Count at TheyCountWillYou.org. |
11/30/2022 |
Homeless Count Website |
Project Roomkey Ends Homelessness For 4,824 People
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LAHSA announced that Project Roomkey led to more than 4,800 permanent housing placements since the program began in 2020. The successful COVID-19 interim housing program provided more than 10,000 COVID-vulnerable people experiencing homelessness with access to private rooms for shelter and safety during the pandemic. |
11/18/2022 |
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Reimagined Winter Shelter Program Now Open In LA County
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LAHSA announced the opening of its Winter Shelter Program for the 2022-2023 winter season. In addition, LAHSA is debuting an innovative new Augmented Winter Shelter Program (AWSP), which will provide motel vouchers to people experiencing unsheltered homelessness in parts of the County more likely to experience severe weather. |
11/01/2022 |
Winter Shelter Webpage |
LAHSA Data Advance Yields New Level of Insight into Homelessness
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LAHSA is introducing a new level of transparency and accountability through the establishment and publication of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), a set of metrics that measure the LA Continuum of Care’s unhoused populations progress through the rehousing system. |
September 26, 2022 |
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LAHSA Commission Appoints Stephen David Simon as Interim Executive Director
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LAHSA's Commission Committee has appointed Stephen David Simon as the new Interim Executive Director while the search continues for a permanent Executive Director. |
September 15, 2022 |
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Greater LA Homeless Count Suggests Pandemic Era Policies Prevented Surge in Homelessness
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LAHSA released the results of the 2022 Homeless Count, which suggest that homelessness may be rising more slowly than in previous years. |
September 8, 2022 |
2022 Homeless Count Deck
2022 Homeless Count Presentation
Rehousing.la
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LAHSA Working With HUD to Release 2022 Homeless Count Results This Summer
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LAHSA announced the postponement of the release of the 2022 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count results to early September. |
July 6, 2022 |
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LA’s Rehousing System Ended Homelessness for 21,000 People In 2021 |
LAHSA released new insight on the latest progress made in LA’s rehousing system at its State of Homelessness event. Despite the current housing shortage, rising rent costs, and stagnant wages, LAHSA’s rehousing system rehoused 21,213 Angelenos in 2021, marking a total of 86,303 people permanently housed over the last four years. |
June 28, 2022 |
2022 State of Homelessness Recording
2022 State of Homelessness Presentation
2022 State of Homelessness Story Map
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New LAHSA Strategy to Reduce Unsheltered Homelessness in Three Years
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LAHSA announced a new strategy to reduce unsheltered homelessness in Los Angeles County over the next three years. To achieve that goal, LAHSA is working with its partners to accelerate people’s movement from shelter to permanent housing and continuously place unsheltered people experiencing homelessness in the newly available shelter beds.
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May 19, 2022 |
Blog Entry:
LAHSA Refocuses to Address Unsheltered Homelessness
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Commission Elevates Kristina Dixon And Molly Rysman To Temporarily Lead LAHSA
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The LAHSA Commission’s Management Committee held a Special Meeting and elevated Molly Rysman and Kristina Dixon to temporarily co-lead LAHSA for the next few weeks while the Commission names an Interim Executive Director and begins a nationwide search for a permanent Executive Director. |
April 29, 2022 |
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HUD Awards $155 million to Address Homelessness in Los Angeles
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The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has awarded over $155 million for FY 2021 renewal and new projects to the Los Angeles Continuum of Care (LA CoC). This amount represents an increase of $5 million over HUD’s allocation to the LA CoC in FY 2020. |
March 16, 2022 |
HUD Press Release |
Los Angeles County Resumes Annual Homeless Count
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Local officials gathered Tuesday virtually to commemorate the start of the 2022 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count. The three-day annual census of people experiencing homelessness begins after a one-year hiatus due to the global COVID-19 pandemic.
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February 22, 2022 |
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LAHSA Announces 2022 Point-in-Time Homeless Count Postponement
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The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) announced the postponement of the 2022 Greater Los Angeles Point-in-Time (PIT) Homeless Count to February 22-24, 2022. |
January 14, 2022 |
Volunteer for the 2022 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count |
Rehousing System Ends Homelessness
For Thousands in First Half Of 2021
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The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) announced that the homeless rehousing system made 10,373 permanent housing placements in the first half of 2021. |
December 1, 2021 |
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LAHSA Opens Winter Shelters
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LAHSA announced that the majority of its 2021-2022 winter shelter portfolio had begun operations throughout Los Angeles County. |
November 29, 2021 |
Winter Shelters |
LAHSA Receives $15 Million Grant From HUD to Address Youth Homelessnes
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The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) awarded LAHSA a $15 million Youth Homelessness Demonstration Project (YHDP) grant to address youth homelessness. |
September 27, 2021 |
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Los Angeles Outreach Teams Bring Thousands of People Inside Within Six Months
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LAHSA continues to call for a more significant investment in housing to grow the success of its outreach efforts. |
August 25, 2021 |
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LAHSA Releases 2021 Housing Inventory Count And Shelter Count Results
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LAHSA released the results of its 2021 Housing Inventory Count (HIC) and Shelter Count. The Housing Inventory Count is a census of all interim and permanent housing options in the homeless rehousing system at a given point-in-time. This year, the Housing Inventory Count occurred on January 27. |
July 21, 2021 |
Presentation
Video Presentation
Data Summaries
Key Messages
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LAHSA Provides Guidance for Addressing Street Encampments
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LAHSA released its Best Practices for Addressing Street Encampments, which provides guidance for service providers and community partners on the most effective ways to conduct location-specific outreach to bring those living in encampments inside to shelter and housing. |
June 29, 2021 |
Best Practices for Addressing Street Encampments
Presentation |
Universal Housing Application Provides Faster Access to Housing
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LAHSA, the Los Angeles County Development Authority (LACDA), and the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA) announced the launch of a new Universal Housing Application (UHA) that will modernize the housing application process for people experiencing homelessness, removing barriers from the path towards permanent housing. |
May 7, 2021 |
Presentation
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Rehousing System Houses Over 64,000 People Over the Last Three Years
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LAHSA released data about the homeless rehousing system’s performance in 2020 during its first State of Homelessness Town Hall – an online event attended by over 1300 people. |
March 22, 2021 |
Event Video
Presentation
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LAHSA Commission Report Offers
Path to Streamline Governance Strength
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The LAHSA Commission released the recommendations of its Ad Hoc Committee on Governance. The report lays out a path to a regionally coordinated response to the homelessness and housing crisis that aligns resources and authority and establishes shared goals. |
March 5, 2021 |
LAHSA Report on Governance
LAHSA Governance Report Memo
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HUD Awards LA $151 Million to
Address Homelessness
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The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has awarded nearly $151 million for 2020 renewal projects to the Los Angeles Continuum of Care (LA CoC). The amount represents an increase of $17.3 million over HUD’s allocation for renewal projects in 2019. |
January 29, 2021 |
FY 2020 Award Projects Report
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HUD Exempts Los Angeles from
2021 Unsheltered
Point-In-Time Count |
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has exempted the Los Angeles Continuum of Care from conducting a 2021 Unsheltered Point-In-Time (PIT) Count. |
January 28, 2021 |
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LAHSA Celebrates the Opening of the Latest A Bridge Home Shelter
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Heidi Marston, Executive Director of the LAHSA, today joined other local officials to celebrate the opening of The Lotus, the 20th shelter of Mayor Eric Garcetti’s A Bridge Home program. |
January 20, 2021 |
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Wellness Check App Helps Limit Covid-19 Spread Among Homeless |
In an effort to limit the spread of COVID-19 among people experiencing homelessness, LAHSA outreach team members have used a new mobile app to conduct more than 36,000 wellness checks since April. |
December 2, 2020 |
Video |
LAHSA Begins Transition from Project Roomkey To COVID-19 Recovery Plan |
LAHSA announced that it has begun transitioning clients from Project Roomkey into sustainable housing solutions through the COVID-19 Recovery Plan. |
September 22, 2020 |
Presentation |
LAHSA Provides 2020 Update On Youth Homelessness |
LAHSA provided an update on the youth homeless system, including the release of its 2020 Greater Los Angeles Youth Homeless Count data. |
August 27, 2020 |
Presentation |
LAHSA Statement On HUD Rule Change |
LAHSA Executive Director Heidi Marston has released the following statement regarding the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) release of proposed revisions to the Equal Access in Accordance with an Individual’s Gender Identity in Community Planning and Development Programs rule. |
August 6, 2020 |
LAHSA Equal Access Policy
LAHSA Public Comment
HUD Rule Change Proposal
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Revised 2019 Homeless Count Data Summaries |
Adjustments to the numbers reported last year in the 2019 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count at the Los Angeles City Council District and County Supervisorial District levels reflect a methodological update provided by LAHSA’s statistical partner, University of Southern California (USC). |
July 22, 2020 |
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LAHSA Releases Covid-19 Recovery Plan |
LAHSA released its full COVID-19 Recovery Plan for people experiencing homelessness, a report and budget outlining the action steps to implement the framework first presented to the board on May 26. |
June 23, 2020 |
Report
Presentation
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LAHSA Response To Calls To End Its Relationship With Law Enforcement |
LAHSA finds police violence unacceptable against all individuals and especially against vulnerable people experiencing homelessness. We continue our call for immediate and lasting reforms within law enforcement agencies and across the criminal justice system as a whole. |
June 18, 2020 |
Guiding Principles and Practices for Unsheltered Homelessness |
2020 Greater Los Angeles Homeless
Count Results |
The 2020 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count Shows 12.7% Rise in homelessness despite sustained increase in number of people rehoused. |
June 12, 2020
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2020 Homeless Count Presentation
Key Messages
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Heidi Marston Selected As Executive Director Of LAHSA
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The LAHSA Commission unanimously selected Heidi Marston to the position of Executive Director. |
June 5,2020 |
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LAHSA Affirms Commitment to Racial Justice |
LAHSA condemns the actions by the individuals that led to the death of George Floyd on Monday, May 25, 2020. |
June 3, 2020 |
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LAHSA COVID Recovery Plan Aims for Rapid Rehousing |
LAHSA presented its plan to emerge from the COVID-19 crisis with thousands of Los Angeles County’s most vulnerable people experiencing homelessness safe in housing. |
May 27, 2020 |
Presentation |
Update on LAHSA's COVID-19 Response |
LAHSA provided updates on the progress and impact of LA’s efforts to rehouse people experiencing homelessness and protect public health as part of the city and county’s coordinated response to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
April 30,2020 |
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LAHSA City County Announce Housing Central Command |
Key players in Los Angeles’s homeless crisis response system announced a new initiative to revamp how city, county and federal agencies work together and increase the speed and effectiveness with which the system helps people experiencing homelessness move into housing. |
February 18, 2020 |
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