An official with Los Angeles’ Housing Authority said the city could see more people struggling with homelessness after the agency stopped accepting new applications for the program — a measure it says was taken due to millions in federal funding cuts.
Last week, the Housing Authority announced no new or ongoing applications were being processed for Section 8, which assists 60,000 households in LA by offering rental subsidy payments to private landlords on behalf of very low-income families, senior citizens and people with disabilities. The nationwide program is funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), one of a number of federal agencies facing funding cuts and other changes or downsizing under the Trump Administration.
Carlos Van Natter, director of Section 8 for the city of LA, said the new changes could worsen an already concerning issue in a region with some of the highest rent costs in the country. More than 45,000 people face homelessness in the city of Los Angeles , according to the LA Homeless Services Authority’s latest estimate…