The Los Angeles agency tasked with reducing homelessness will lose its federal funding due to concerns over potential fraud as the city’s homeless count has risen despite funding increases, according to U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Scott Turner.
Turner announced the suspension on June 11 following an investigation into the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA).
“HUD will fund results, not corrupt failure or the homeless industrial complex,” said 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.”…