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Proposition HHH Status (October 2019)
As of September 30, 2019, the City has allocated nearly the entire amount authorized by the Proposition HHH ballot measure. There are additional projects seeking conditional funding which, if approved, will commit all remaining Proposition HHH funds.[15]
The City’s stated goal for the number of units to be built using Proposition HHH funds lacks clarity. Although a specific number of units did not appear in the language of the ballot measure, the development of 10,000 supportive housing units through Proposition HHH is generally understood as the target and appears on the Mayor’s website and City Council documents.[16]
In contrast, the City’s Housing and Community Investment Department (HCIDLA) – which is tasked with administering the program – has noted that Proposition HHH was intended to augment ongoing efforts to build supportive housing. HCIDLA’s plan is to deliver a total of 10,000 supportive housing units within 10 years through separate development pipelines – 7,000 through Proposition HHH and 3,000 through non-Proposition HHH sources.
Assuming all of the pending projects are approved, Proposition HHH will provide 7,640 total housing units, of which 5,873 will be supportive housing.[17] Our growing homeless population requires building more units as quickly as possible.
The City has allocated nearly all of the authorized Proposition HHH funds to developing long-term solutions such as supportive and affordable housing. Significantly less Proposition HHH funding has been set aside to build or acquire facilities (e.g., shelters, storage, transitional housing, navigation centers) that can help mitigate the homelessness crisis until housing units are completed.
Status of Proposition HHH housing developments
As of September 30, 2019, the City’s Housing and Community Investment Department (HCIDLA) reports that almost $800 million has been committed to housing developments and the projects pending approval will push the City beyond $1 billion in total Proposition HHH funding commitments. However, most projects that received – or will receive – funding commitments have not been formally awarded loans using Proposition HHH funds and have not yet begun construction…
https://lacontroller.org/audits-and-reports/high-cost-of-homeless-housing-hhh/