LA Homeless Services Authority

Eleven thousand is not just a number. These are not statistics. They are our neighbors, families, and community members who survived homelessness and finally found a place to call home. We cannot afford to lose that progress, and we are standing together to protect it.

funding for the Los Angeles region. LAHSA has filed a lawsuit against HUD to prevent any interruption of the federal resources that currently support housing and services for more than 11,000 people across Los Angeles County.

“We must do everything in our power to ensure those funds continue reaching the people who rely on them.” These words from LAHSA’s interim CEO reflect what is at stake as the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) moves to suspend critical federal homelessness...

LAHSA’s CES team has done exceptional work improving the time it takes for brand new permanent supportive housing buildings to move residents into their new homes. This is another example of our ongoing commitment to helping Angelenos obtain stable housing.

One of LAHSA’s key Los Angeles Continuum of Care responsibilities is managing the region’s Coordinated Entry System (CES), which assesses the needs of people experiencing homelessness and connects them to available housing opportunities.

Success means making it easier and faster to help Angelenos move from the streets into housing. In this video, LAHSA’s Interim CEO shares the agency’s priorities and vision moving forward.

Last month, LAHSA Interim CEO Gita O’Neill and LA City Councilmember Ysabel Jurado visited Sacramento together advocate for continued HHAP funding to support regional solutions to homelessness. Partnership remains critical to this work.

As LAHSA enters a new phase, we’re guided by five principles: coordination, accountability and transparency, data, rehousing, and relationships. We are LAHSA, the backbone of 85 cities and hundreds of providers.

There are so many steps and people involved in helping one person move into a home, and we would all do it again to make sure one less person is on the streets. Thank you to every provider, social worker, and outreach team. Congratulations, Nick, another person housed.

The Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention (HHAP) program has helped place over 100,000 Californians into permanent housing. Bring California Home celebrates this milestone and thanks state leaders for investing in proven solutions.

Continued support from California will be important to keep this progress going. Read more: calmatters.org/commentary/202…

Homelessness has decreased over the past two years—but sustaining that progress is extremely difficult without adequate resources.

Funding cuts are already impacting homeless services across LA and California, putting critical progress at risk.

LAHSA is improving how we collect HC data with QuickCapture, faster, more accurate, and safer for volunteers. The results in Los Angeles have been so effective that other cities are now studying and adopting this approach. Learn more: link in bio.

LAHSA, as CoC lead, is focused on one goal: making it faster and easier for people experiencing homelessness to get into housing through strong data, equitable CES, regional alignment, and system coordination. Proud to serve the largest Continuum of Care in the country.

“I make myself available 24/7 because people experiencing homelessness don’t have set hours.” Staff like Jessica embody the LAHSA spirit. This work has no off switch. Jessica, thank you for your leadership and for helping change lives across the County.

Helping Angelenos achieve stability is deeply fulfilling work for LAHSA. Many of us take something as simple as a shower or restroom for granted, but offering that dignity and privacy to clients makes the work of bringing people indoors profoundly meaningful.