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Delays, high costs plague efforts to house LA's homeless

by Associated Press
| September 10, 2020 3:03 PM

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A $1.2 billion program aimed at building housing for homeless people in Los Angeles has been plagued by delays and soaring costs that have seen the average price of constructing a single unit jump to nearly $559,000, according to a city audit.

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