Judge Blocks Trump Administration From Suspending $240M in LA Homelessness Funds
The ruling restores LAHSA’s role after HUD’s suspension put about $240 million in homelessness funding at risk, with a February trial set.
- On Thursday, District Judge David O. Carter blocked the Trump administration's suspension of the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, ordering the Department of Housing and Urban Development to restore the agency as the master applicant for federal funding.
- HUD suspended the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority in June, citing negative audits and news reports, disqualifying the agency from applying for about $240 million on behalf of 140 service providers.
- Judge Carter criticized the Department for "leveraging a crisis of its own making to wrest power to itself," concluding the suspension would significantly harm the public interest and displace over 11,000 unhoused individuals.
- While the ruling restores the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, the court set a February trial date and ordered the Continuum of Care to review potential replacement agencies by October 13, leaving the agency's future uncertain.
- This decision marks the second rebuke of the Department in less than a week; a federal judge in Rhode Island recently invalidated the agency's 2026 spending plan for shifting funding priorities without required review.
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A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from suspending roughly $240 million in federal homelessness funding for Los Angeles, delivering a setback to HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s effort to demand greater accountability from the city’s troubled homelessness system. The dispute centers on federal money administered through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. The Trump administration had …
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