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California’s homelessness grows despite increased spending to address it, lawmakers say
Despite $24 billion spent since 2019 on housing programs, California's homeless population rose 24%, with audits urged over potential fraud risks of $319.5 million, officials said.
- On Monday, lawmakers requested an audit after Assemblymember Diane Dixon, R-Newport Beach, said roughly $24 billion was spent on homelessness since 2019.
- Data from the Hoover Institution shows California's homeless population is about 187,000, rising 60% since 2015 and 24% since the Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention program launched in 2019.
- HCD told The Center Square that the Homekey program resulted in 16,000 new homes and expects to help more than 172,000 people, citing a 59% increase in construction.
- A federal audit of California's Department of Housing and Community Development found inadequate fraud detection and warned more than $319.5 million of federal money could be at risk, while lawmakers urged cities and counties receiving state grants to expand affordable housing projects.
- Assemblymember Sharon Quirk-Silva, D-La Palma, noted long-term underbuilding since the 1980s, while Wayne Winegarden, economist and senior business fellow at the Pacific Research Institute, argued Monday that an audit can clarify if spending matches outcomes.
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