LOS ANGELES – More than $1.4 million in allegedly unpaid reimbursements – and who is to blame for the closure of two interim housing sites serving 181 people – is at the center of a dispute after LAHSA barred nonprofit Home At Last from competing for agency funding for the next five years.
Home At Last Community Development Corporation operates housing and supportive-service programs for people experiencing homelessness. The nonprofit says it has worked with the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) for more than a decade and served more than 20,000 individuals and families.
That partnership unraveled after Home At Last notified LAHSA that it could no longer operate two interim housing sites. The LAHSA Commission voted unanimously to terminate the contracts for cause, with the decision taking effect July 22…