Trump admin yanks funding from LA homeless agency amid explosive fraud probe: 'Necessary step'
The Trump administration has suspended federal funding to the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) due to allegations of fraud and mismanagement. The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is investigating potential offenses by the agency and its leadership. The move puts one of the country's biggest homelessness bureaucracies under direct federal scrutiny after years of criticism that billions have gone into homelessness programs in Los Angeles while the crisis remains entrenched on the streets.
- ▪LAHSA's federal funding has been suspended by the HUD due to allegations of obvious fraud and wanton mismanagement
- ▪The agency has faced efforts by the city and county to take it over due to its failures
- ▪LAHSA's former top executive, Va Lecia Adams Kellum, resigned last year after directing $2.1 million in federal funds to her husband's nonprofit employer
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Los Angeles Trump admin yanks funding from LA homeless agency amid explosive fraud probe: 'Necessary step' 'LAHSA’s failures have been so severe and pervasive that Los Angeles County has withdrawn its funding for the agency,' HUD says in letter By Alec Schemmel , David Spunt , Cameron Cawthorne Fox News Published June 11, 2026 9:00am EDT Facebook Twitter Threads Flipboard Comments Print Email Add Fox News on Google close Video The California system 'got' Spencer Pratt: Caitlyn Jenner Caitlyn Jenner, Fox News contributor, slams California's voting system, stating she has no faith in it. She criticizes universal mail-in ballots and ballot harvesting, and claims the system was changed under Governor Gavin Newsom during COVID.
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