In December 2025, the Los Angeles City Council and Mayor approved the creation of a new Homelessness Oversight Bureau (HOB) at Los Angeles Housing Department (LAHD). The Homelessness Oversight Bureau will serve as  a central entity in the City of Los Angeles (referred to as City) for decision-making, coordinating, managing, and overseeing the City’s homelessness system, including programs and processes for street strategies, interim housing, and permanent housing.

Using federal, state, and local resources, HOB administers a multi-million dollar portfolio of homelessness interventions that help people experiencing homelessness move off of the street and into a bed or home. This includes over 6,000 interim housing/shelter beds that serve over 13,000 people a year, and over 7,600 permanent supportive housing (PSH) units, moving in an average of 100 new households into brand new PSH units per month.

To improve system accountability and transparency, LAHD HOB’s two immediate priorities include: (1) monitoring and improving the administration of all homelessness program contracts and payments, and (2) strengthening the performance of City-funded homelessness programs to increase system throughput.

While homelessness in the City of Los Angeles has decreased over the past two years, on any given night, 43,000 people continue to experience homelessness (nearly 27,000 unsheltered and 16,000 sheltered based on the 2025 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count). In close collaboration with our system partners – the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA), the Los Angeles County Homeless Services and Housing (HSH) Department, the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA), service providers, and affordable housing developers – LAHD HOB is working to address the regional homelessness crisis.