Businesses are about generating money to enrich th...

Businesses are about generating money to enrich themselves by any mean possible. LAHSA may have "homeless services" as part of the name, but in truth they are JUST ANOTHER BUSINESS.

Homelessness businesses are not required to be publicly transparent with their policies, so they need never worry about being held accountable for any transgressions. Further, the homeless people have no impartial advocates WITH CLOUT that they can bring their issues to, who will intercede and speak for them. With no social protections, opportunistic abuses WILL happen and it will be your word versus that of the homelessness business.

I came to LAHSA on several occasions between 2015-2017 about problems I had had with organizations and shelters. I followed the grievance process in each case and though I managed to get a person to hear me, who seemed concerned, ULTIMATELY there was NEVER resolution.

I reminded them about all of this in 2018 and they professed to have no record of ever having talked to me. I needed to find and forward an email exchange I had had to prove myself, which still resulted in just another dead-end.