City official says Alliance amendment raises housing target; TLS program moves three people into homes

The city administrative officer told the committee on July 1 that a recently approved amendment to the Alliance settlement raises the city's numeric housing target and changes reporting requirements, allowing the city to count existing roadmap beds toward compliance.

"The amended agreement requires us to get to 14,000 by that same date," Matt Szabo said, summarizing the revised milestone the city must meet under the settlement amendment; he added that the amendment also replaces the prior encampment-removal metric with a focus on housing placements and new reporting obligations, including offers made and reasons for rejection.

LAHD and implementation partners then briefed the committee on the Time-Limited Subsidy (TLS) Alliance program, designed as a bridge to permanent housing. Sarah Solon, who is managing the project for the city, said the program aims to serve 2,000 households by April 2027 and lays out three tracks for participants: a bridge to independent housing, a bridge to subsidized or affordable housing, and a bridge to intensive services and subsidies such as permanent supportive housing.

"As of today, 3 households have moved into their new homes," Solon said. The implementation team reported 130 households actively searching, 260 households enrolled in housing navigation (an updated number as of that morning), and a pooled inventory of 605 rent-reasonable units distributed across 12 council districts and 29 ZIP codes. HOME Inc. is running the landlord recruitment and unit pool.

Panelists described an expedited lease-up workflow that uses a request-for-tenancy-approval (RFTA) packet and a web-based unit listing platform (Pad Mission Connect). Carlos Gonzales of HOME Inc. said the first three move-ins took 13'15 days from briefing to lease signings and inspections, which the presenters called a promising improvement over longer lease-up timelines in other programs.

Committee members asked about TLS funding and long-term sustainability. LAHD said TLS to date is funded with state HAP dollars and planned La Casa revenue, and that no federal funding is currently being used for TLS. Members raised concerns about potential federal cuts to Section 8 and voucher programs and how the city might respond; LAHD said the settlement amendment and roadmap beds provide some flexibility and that the city will address those dynamics in forthcoming reports and the July 30 quarterly filing.

The item was informational (presentation and discussion only); no committee action was taken on the TLS program at this meeting.