#homelessness-policy

#homelessness-policy

O'Neill will guide LAHSA through significant downsizing, losing about 40% of its $875 million budget while addressing severe criticism for contract and data management.

Policies that prohibit individuals from sleeping outside anywhere in the jurisdiction without offering adequate indoor shelter, effectively banishing homeless individuals from the jurisdiction's borders, are both inhumane and impose externalities on neighboring jurisdictions.

Olivet described the decision as devastating, not just for USICH staff but for federal homelessness policy, highlighting its impact on ending homelessness effectively.