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Judge keeps LAHSA suspension on hold as L.A. County assumes key homelessness roles

Overseeing HUD's suspension of LAHSA; says administration will fight the ruling

A federal judge on Tuesday kept the Trump administration's suspension of the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) on hold, letting the agency continue managing key homelessness systems while it hands its federal roles to L.A. County. The order extends an earlier block that was set to expire, ensuring that roughly $240 million in federal homelessness money keeps flowing to the region through LAHSA while its lawsuit against HUD plays out.

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A judge just froze HUD’s homelessness funding rewrite—and put “housing first” back on life support

Rule Changes

Defending HUD’s proposed CoC overhaul; agency says it will pursue reforms within legal bounds

HUD tried to rewrite the rules of America's biggest homelessness grant program in the middle of the funding cycle. On December 19, after states and cities sued, Judge Mary McElroy told HUD: stop—effective immediately.

Updated May 15