The mayor of Los Angeles warned Monday that the nation's homelessness crisis would be far worse under a second Trump administration.
Speaking to CNN's Jake Tapper on "The Lead," on Monday afternoon, Karen Bass was asked about homelessness.
"Nearly half of all people experiencing homelessness in the United States are doing so here in California," said Tapper. "You recently announced that more than 1,000 people were able to enter new shelters thanks to a new program in Los Angeles that allows you to slash red tape for the construction. This is through a partnership with [Department of Housing and Urban Development]. The city has seen a 10 percent drop in street homelessness. Is this a model that others should copy?"
Bass said she believes so — and warned "it's also a perfect example" of why the nation needs to elect Vice President Kamala Harris. The Biden administration, she said, has been "incredible" working with HUD.
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"They've been willing to slash regulations," she said, pointing to one program for homeless veterans.
"If you were a veteran and you receive benefits, we counted it as income and then said you made too much money to get a housing voucher," said Bass. "So we were able to get waivers on that and we are going to be able to house veterans now. We have over 3,000 vouchers that veterans can now use, but that's an example of the progress that was made during this administration."
Bass added there's "no telling" what Donald Trump would do.
"He would decimate HUD," she said. "If you look at Project 2025 and the chapter that's on HUD, they're basically talking about dismantling it by taking pieces of the entity and distributing them around."
Bass added: "I think homelessness would get far worse under a Trump administration."
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