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A federal judge may have forced the Trump administration to keep funding the LA Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA), but the day of reckoning is coming.

The US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) blocked $241 million in funding to LAHSA in June, citing what it called “obvious fraud.”

That accusation wasn’t some invention of the Trump White House. 

LA County and the city of LA had both raised serious questions about mismanagement and conflicts of interest at LAHSA.

LAHSA has struggled to explain what happened to billions of dollars that flowed into its coffers over the last several years, including roughly $1 billion in federal funds.

One thing that LAHSA wasn’t doing: fighting homelessness.

The 2026 homeless count revealed that the number of homeless people........

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