CheckbookBudget line

What has the City spent on Homeless Prevention & Eviction Defense Program?

$10.8M across 56 payments, March 3, 2023 to July 31, 2026 — 3 purchase orders and 2 vendors, run by Housing.

Checkbook LA · Through Sep 9, 2026

As published: HOMELESS PREVENTION & EVICTION DEFENSE PROGRAM

Spans more than one contract

This budget line has run for 4 fiscal years across 3 separate purchase orders. A single payment in the register shows none of that — the commitment outlives any one order, and the orders are how it gets renewed.

$10.8MTotal spent
3Purchase orders
2Vendors
98%Largest vendor's share

Spending by fiscal year

FY2022-23
$806K
FY2023-24
$7.3M
FY2024-25
$2.6M
FY2026-27 *
$49K

* FY2026-27 is still in progress — not a full year. Same point of FY2025-26 (payments dated through Sep 9, 2025): $0.

Who was paid

Under which orders

52 payments · March 3, 2023 to October 23, 2024

3 payments · May 9, 2024 to June 20, 2025

1 payment · July 31, 2026 to July 31, 2026

Sources

LA Controller, Checkbook LA (pggv-e4fn), totalled nightly. Grouped by account_name, the budget line a payment is booked against — populated on every row, and the most useful field for understanding what a payment actually bought. Back to the checkbook.