The three main homeless service and housing agencies in Los Angeles failed to spend almost $150 million in federal housing grants between 2015 and 2020, according to a newspaper report.
The unused funds were returned to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
The Los Angeles Housing Services Authority (LAHSA)—the lead agency servicing both the County and City of Los Angeles’s homeless population—returned more than $29 million to the department over six years, the Los Angeles Times reported Sept. 24. Meanwhile, the Los Angeles County Development Authority returned roughly $38 million, and the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles returned more than $82 million….