Keith Ulrich, 68, who lost his home six years ago, is living in a trailer in Pacoima and says he hopes to one day move to his family\u2019s 80 acre ranch in Montana on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025. Los Angeles County homeless service agencies are warning of deep funding cuts in reducing homelessness. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cIt\u2019s going to be catastrophic without funding,\u201d says Saundra Macpherson, 53, who says she knows 20 people who have been housed as she hoses down bedding and pillows from the camper she shares with her sister and five dogs in Pacoima on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025. Los Angeles County homeless service agencies are warning of deep funding cuts in reducing homelessness. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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\n\u201cIt\u2019s going to be catastrophic without funding,\u201d says Saundra Macpherson, 53, who is living in a camper in Pacoima with her sister and five dogs on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025. Los Angeles County homeless service agencies are warning of deep funding cuts in reducing homelessness. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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\nKeith Ulrich, 68, who lost his home six years ago, comes out of his covered trailer in Pacoima where he cares for his disabled girlfriend and says he hopes to one day move to his family\u2019s 80 acre ranch in Montana on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025. Los Angeles County homeless service agencies are warning of deep funding cuts in reducing homelessness. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Keith Ulrich, 68, who lost his home six years ago, is living in a trailer in Pacoima and says he hopes to one day move to his family\u2019s 80 acre ranch in Montana on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025. Los Angeles County homeless service agencies are warning of deep funding cuts in reducing homelessness. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n
Expand<\/a><\/p>\n On Sept. 11, six of Los Angeles County\u2019s largest homeless service providers\u2014 Homeless Outreach Program Integrated Care System, LA Family Housing, The People Concern, PATH, St. Joseph\u2019s Center, and Union Station Homeless Services \u2014 released a joint report<\/a> warning that deep funding cuts at the local, state and federal levels could unravel recent progress in reducing homelessness. <\/a><\/p>\n The report paints a grim picture: rental subsidies are drying up, outreach teams are shrinking, and families are being turned away from shelters already at capacity. Without continued support, providers say, thousands could be left without access to basic services \u2014 even as the City of Los Angeles marks a second straight year of declining street homelessness.<\/p>\n The report was released just days before the Los Angeles City Council voted<\/a> to explore shifting its legally allowable homelessness funding away from LAHSA \u2014 the regional agency that manages the joint city-county response \u2014 and instead contracting directly with the county\u2019s new Department of Homelessness<\/a>.<\/p>\n While some providers said the move could streamline services over the long term, others warned that any bureaucratic shift \u2014 especially amid funding shortfalls \u2014 could add disruption at a precarious time.<\/p>\n \u201cI feel very confident saying that we\u2019re going to see an increase in homelessness in the coming years,\u201d said Katie Hill, CEO of Union Station Homeless Services, San Gabriel Valley\u2019s largest provider.<\/p>\n She said the most severe consequences may begin to emerge early next year, when key funding sources are expected to expire. For now, existing programs are still keeping many people housed. But come January, Hill warned, those without a stable plan or backup options could begin falling through the cracks \u2014 and the full impact may not be visible until the next wave of evictions.<\/p>\n The effects are already being felt internally, Hill said, as the agency braces for further reductions. \u201c\u200aI just told my team today, we\u2019re on a hiring freeze because I don\u2019t want us to be in the position of bringing anybody else on while these programs are moving,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n Union Station Homeless Service\u2019s budget has already dropped from $45 million last year to $38 million this year. Next year, Hill said, it could fall below $30 million.<\/p>\n While Hill\u2019s agency is bracing for further cuts, others are already feeling the squeeze.<\/p>\n Jennifer Hark Dietz, CEO of PATH\u2014 one of the largest homeless services providers in California \u2014 said her organization lost about 25% of its Los Angeles funding last year and expects further reductions ahead.<\/p>\n The most immediate impact, she said, is on time-limited subsidy programs, also known as rapid rehousing \u2014 which are designed to help households exit homelessness quickly by covering rent and services for a limited period.<\/p>\n \u201c\u200aBecause of the funding cuts we\u2019re unable to serve really any new participants,\u201d Dietz said. \u201c\u200aWe\u2019re not able to provide families with that conduit from interim housing resource to permanent housing resource. So we\u2019re turning people away.\u201d<\/p>\n John Maceri, CEO of The People Concern, one of Los Angeles County\u2019s largest social services agencies, said the entire system is beginning to seize up.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are at risk of losing momentum,\u201d Maceri said. \u201cHomelessness is something that responds well to strategic, smart investments over time. And the reductions in street homelessness we\u2019ve seen year-over-year in the last two years is the direct result of the investments that have been made into bringing people indoors and to keeping them indoors. Now we\u2019re venturing down a path which is going to undo that good work.\u201d<\/p>\n For Macpherson, that path is already starting to feel narrower. She said programs like Hope the Mission provided basic support that helped her survive \u2014 access to showers, hygiene supplies, clean clothes and even a storage bin.<\/p>\n She\u2019s been waiting for permanent housing for more than a year \u2014 and now fears her chance may be slipping away.<\/p>\n \u201cThey sign you up. They said it takes about a year or two for you to get somewhere to stay or whatever,\u201d she said. \u201cI just wish that it didn\u2019t take so long to get housed because we\u2019re out of hope here.\u201d<\/p>\n Yannick Angomasi, 40, who had been staying at a tiny home village for three months, said he was removed after a verbal altercation with another resident. He\u2019s since been trying to return.<\/p>\n \u201c\u200aI went back over, I talked to one of my case workers, and they gave me a referral, trying to see if I could get somebody else trying to help me out,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n But that\u2019s been difficult, Angomasi said, because he doesn\u2019t have a cell phone to keep track of follow-ups or communication.<\/p>\n Keith Ulrich, 68, has been homeless since 2017. He hopes to one day move back to his family\u2019s 80-acre ranch in Montana \u2014 but he says he\u2019s staying in Los Angeles for now to help care for his girlfriend, who needs double hip replacement surgery.<\/p>\n Ulrich receives $1,500 a month in Social Security and says he\u2019s able to get by \u2014 for now. \u201cEverywhere you look, there\u2019s people out there that need it way more than I do,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m a survivor. I don\u2019t let nothing get me down.\u201d<\/p>\n While service providers warn of an impending crisis, and residents like Macpherson and Angomasi brace for deeper uncertainty, city leaders say they remain committed to sustaining recent progress.<\/p>\n Los Angeles City Council President Marqueece Harris-Dawson agreed with the report\u2019s assessment that Los Angeles has made recent progress in reducing homelessness and said the council remains committed to building on recent progress.<\/p>\n \u201cI agree with the report outlining the momentum our city has had in reducing homelessness, much can be attributed to Measure HHH housing coming online and Inside Safe,\u201d he said in a statement Friday. \u201cThe city is still dedicated to investing in housing our neighbors.\u201d<\/p>\n He said the council\u2019s recent vote to explore shifting funding away from LAHSA is part of a broader effort to evaluate what\u2019s possible and prudent \u201cto continue to fund our efforts to end homelessness with the possibility of creating working systems that can meet the magnitude of the issue.\u201d<\/p>\n But on the front lines, some service providers worry the momentum is slipping \u2014 and that morale is slipping with it.<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s so much fear in the unhoused community right now,\u201d said Rowan Vansleve, president of Hope the Mission, one of the San Fernando Valley\u2019s largest shelter and outreach providers.<\/p>\n He added: \u201c\u200aThose on the street waiting to get shelter, they\u2019re going to lose hope and you\u2019ll see an increase in mental health and addiction. And those who are already in shelter, as they see that transition to permanent housing not happening, they\u2019re going to lose hope. 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