The Latest Breaking News from LAHSA

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

The number of homeless residents counted in Los Angeles County has spiked again, increasing by 9% since last year

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.

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to create a new office or department that would coordinate the county's response to the homelessness crisis in the region.