Posts tagged Housing First

They're Coming Back for the CoC. This Time, They Mean It.

HUD has announced a new NOFO due by June 1 that attempts to reshape nearly $4 billion in federal homelessness funding — while the administration's FY2027 budget proposes eliminating the CoC program entirely. Here's what that means for Los Angeles.

Housing Policy, Letters to the Housed, Federal PolicyPaul AsplundMay 19, 2026homelessness, housing policy, Continuum of Care, CoC, HUD, federal funding, Housing First, permanent supportive housing, ESG, Los Angeles, LA County, housing justice, 2028 OlympicsComment

The Six Prototypes: What SPA 4 Designed from Letters to the Housed by Paul Asplund

Over two days in September 2025, approximately 100 of us from Service Planning Area 4 gathered to reimagine LA County's homelessness response. We didn't know it then, but we were designing a lifeboat while watching the Titanic sink.