{"id":305803,"date":"2025-10-15T16:36:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T16:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/305803\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T16:36:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T16:36:12","slug":"study-finds-la-homeless-count-undercounts-32-in-key-areas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/305803\/","title":{"rendered":"Study Finds LA Homeless Count Undercounts 32% in Key Areas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new report by the RAND Corporation reveals that the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority&#8217;s (LAHSA) annual homeless count captured only 68% of the unsheltered population in three key Los Angeles neighborhoods this year. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rand.org\/pubs\/research_reports\/RRA4438-1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RAND&#8217;s findings<\/a>, the accuracy of LAHSA&#8217;s count has declined over the past two years, with a 26% undercount in 2024 widening to 32% in 2025. The report focused on Skid Row, Venice, and Hollywood, areas known for significant homelessness challenges.<\/p>\n<p>The undercount is particularly concerning as it could misdirect crucial funding. The official count influences the allocation of over $300 million in federal and local funds across Los Angeles County, including $220 million from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and about $96 million from Measure A, a county sales tax supporting homeless services. RAND researchers found that the undercount varied by neighborhood, with Hollywood capturing 81% of the actual numbers, Skid Row 61%, and Venice 76%.<\/p>\n<p>The report also highlights the growing number of &#8220;rough sleepers,&#8221; individuals living without the protection of a vehicle or tent, who are more challenging to count accurately. Programs like Inside Safe, which remove tent encampments, have increased the proportion of rough sleepers, complicating the count further. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/laist.com\/news\/housing-homelessness\/lahsa-homeless-count-rand-accuracy-2025-volunteers-report-study\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LAHSA Chief Executive Gita O\u2019Neill<\/a> acknowledged the report and expressed a willingness to collaborate with RAND to improve future counts. The RAND report suggests that using professional field teams to cross-check volunteer counts could enhance accuracy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new report by the RAND Corporation reveals that the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority&#8217;s (LAHSA) annual homeless&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":305804,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[24168,1582,276,14107,44649,2961,127110,29567,224,5337,154981,154980,40288,9176],"class_list":{"0":"post-305803","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-ai-assisted","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-california","11":"tag-hollywood","12":"tag-homeless-count","13":"tag-la","14":"tag-la-homelessness","15":"tag-lahsa","16":"tag-los-angeles","17":"tag-losangeles","18":"tag-measure-a","19":"tag-rand-study","20":"tag-skid-row","21":"tag-venice"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115379161574219615","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=305803"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305803\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/305804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=305803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=305803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}