Housing and Homelessness Committee summary
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The Committee met in a special session and approved multiple reports and motions related to contracting, tenant relocation services, affordable-housing financing, and program transitions into permanent housing. Several items were continued to the April 15, 2026 meeting due to loss of quorum, and one agenda item was a discussion-only update with no action.
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The Committee approved staff reports and motions that ask city agencies to improve contract oversight, provide tenant relocation services, and pursue funding or loan modifications for affordable housing projects. The meeting also directed follow-up reports on homeless service access centers and on moving households from time-limited rental subsidies into permanent housing. Some major items were postponed because not enough members were present, so final decisions on those issues were delayed.
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- No action taken on Item 24-0536 (verbal update from Los Angeles Housing Department) — discussion only.
- Approved Chief Legislative Analyst report dated April 8, 2026, as amended (Item 26-0512).
- Approved City Administrative Officer report for a contract with Interwest Consulting Group, Inc. to provide tenant temporary relocation services (Item 26-0322).
- Continued Chief Legislative Analyst and City Administrative Officer report on County withdrawal of funding from LAHSA to April 15, 2026 due to loss of quorum (Item 25-0316).
- Continued Chief Legislative Analyst report on formation of a City Homelessness Governance Structure to April 15, 2026 due to loss of quorum (Item 25-0207).
- Approved City Administrative Officer report dated April 1, 2026 and noted and filed Los Angeles Housing Department report dated January 26, 2026 regarding Harmony Gates accessibility retrofit (Item 26-0188).
- Approved reaffirmation and reapproval of previously authorized loan modification for Strathern Park Apartments (Item 12-0049-S25).
- Approved Motion directing reports on activity and engagement for City access centers (Item 26-0292).
- Approved Motion directing LAHSA and CAO, with LAHD and HR&A Advisors, to report on transitioning households with expiring Time Limited Subsidy funding into permanent housing (Item 26-0385).
- Continued FY 2025-26 Fourth Homelessness Funding Report items, including funding allocations and CEQA exemption determinations, to April 15, 2026 due to loss of quorum (Item 23-1022-S29).
- Approved Los Angeles Housing Department report on Affordable Housing Linkage Fee balances and expenditure plan, as amended (Item 17-0274-S6).
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