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Uncertainty looms over homeless funds as feds and local agency go blow for blow
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The women living at an undisclosed two-story building in Los Angeles mark their comings and goings on a sign-in sheet using numbers instead of names, just one of the many measures to ensure the 12 families living here are not found by those who might harm them.
The domestic violence center run by Jewish Family Service LA is a safe haven — as long as it can afford to operate.
More than half its budget is paid for with a $300,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Community Development. But as a battle wages between the Trump administration and the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, the regional agency tasked with doling out federal homelessness dollars, the future of this shelter and others are under threat.
Nonprofits Face New Political Realities, Threats To Homeless Housing Programs
Programs the federal government has long supported to combat homelessness have fallen out favor.
Programs the federal government has long supported to combat homelessness have fallen out favor.
Hawaiʻi Health & Harm Reduction Center, which runs public health and homeless housing programs on Oʻahu, was in a tough spot.
As part of an annual competition for federal funds to combat homelessness, the nonprofit was applying to renew its grant for its Guide on the Side outreach program, which focuses on at-risk and homeless LGBTQ youth.
But the new funding guidelines from the Department Housing and Urban Development, or HUD, which awards the grants, now specifically reference a January 2025 executive order issued by President Donald Trump that targeted diversity, equity and inclusion programs for elimination.
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$496M homeless services budget gets green light moments before release of disappointing 2026 numbers
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Why it matters: The agency's new budget, approved today, is down 40% compared to $829 million approved last year. The drop accounts for L.A. County’s move away from the agency — along with fewer dollars from the state. The agency’s budget is now 73% funded by the city of L.A. At the same time, homelessness in L.A. is up. New numbers show the population of people living outdoors in the city grew by 7.9% between early 2025 and 2026.
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