The county will fund homeless prevention at 25% of last year's levels.
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A recent UCLA report found that Black Altadena residents were disproportionately affected by the Eaton Fire. What will one family decide to do next?- After L.A. County decided to withdraw its funding last week, Council President Marqueece Harris-Dawson said “LAHSA is effectively ended.”
- The task force will target federal dollars set aside for homelessness in seven SoCal counties.
- Despite being offered help with rent, debt and medical care, nearly half the people contacted by a county homelessness prevention program never call back.
- The stretch of seaside Orange County has been the site of oil production for nearly 100 years. But the oil company that owns it wants to redevelop the land for housing, a hotel and other commercial uses.
- Va Lecia Adams Kellum’s departure from LAHSA comes after L.A. County leaders voted to pull hundreds of millions of dollars from the agency’s budget.
- With the Olympics approaching and housing in short supply after recent fires, the city is moving to crack down on illegal rentals.
- Federal officials are letting LA County fast-track housing vouchers for 50 low-income households displaced by January’s fires. What you need to know to apply.
- A survey by the L.A. City Controller’s Office found 72% of tenants said landlord harassment continued after the city closed its case.
- Board members of the Altadena Builds Back Foundation include those who lost homes in the Eaton Fire.
- The homelessness agency known as LAHSA has been criticized for failing to account for its use of taxpayers' money.
- Advocates cheered the City Council vote, but said it will be years before every low-income renter in L.A. gets a free eviction attorney.
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