This Racially Biased Scoring System Picks Who Receives Housing in Los Angeles: Our Investigation
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Markup reporter Colin Lecher wanted to know how L.A. Homeless Services Authority scores people for housing. He and Maddy Varner found that White people got the highest scores more often than Black people. The biggest disparities were among young adults under 25 years old. LAHSA said it was aware of the “troubling racial disparities” in its assessment system.