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Council approves funding shift to cover interim housing rate increases; CAO warns HAP reliance may limit new beds
Summary
The City Council voted to authorize using unspent Homeless Assistance Program (HAP) funds to cover increased interim housing service rates, and CAO staff warned that using HAP for services limits the city’s ability to stand up new beds.
The Los Angeles City Council on June 20 voted to authorize using unspent Homeless Assistance Program (HAP) funds and other eligible accounts to cover a shortfall created by increased interim housing service rates. The measure passed with a recorded vote of 12 ayes and 1 no; Council member Price recused himself from the item.
Ed Gibson of the City Administrative Officer’s (CAO) office told the council the city had identified unexpended HAP balances that were eligible to cover the January 1 rate increase that had been advanced earlier this year. Gibson…
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