The Trump administration will address the problem of homelessness in Los Angeles

The White House spokesman confirms that the US presidential administration sent a team to California to "clarify the facts" and "get more information about the crisis" of homelessness in Los Angeles.

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According to a White House official, the administration is particularly interested in exploring the lack of affordable housing and in finding options to intensify construction in the city.

This step is taking place in the midst of tensions between U.S. President Donald Trump and California: the head of state conflicts with this state not only because of homelessness, but also because of the region’s attempt to exclude him from the 2020 election ballot (the state passed the law, providing for the exclusion from the ballot of candidates who refuse to publish their tax returns).

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On Tuesday, employees of the Los Angeles City Hall gave representatives of the Trump administration a city tour so that they could "learn more about how the city responds to the crisis of homelessness," the city hall said in a statement.

Subordinates of Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garsetti show White House officials a single homelessness response center, renovation of the Jordan Downs residential complex, Flyaway houses and a homeless shelter on St. Andrews Place.

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Garcetti wrote to the president in a letter: “If you intend to work with American cities and local leaders to combat the national epidemic of homelessness, you and your administration can do a lot.”

The mayor called on Trump to support anti-homeless legislation, strengthen several housing and urban development programs, and cancel the HUD proposal to ban assistance to families of people with different immigration status in the United States.

White House deputy spokeswoman Judd Deere said on Tuesday that Trump had instructed his team to expand its anti-homeless policies.

“Like many Americans, the president drew attention to the crisis of homelessness, especially in cities and states where liberal policies of excessive regulation, excessive taxation and poor provision of public services dramatically increased poverty and public health risks.” — Deere said.

Deer referred to an executive order signed by Trump in June aimed at “confronting regulatory barriers to the development of affordable housing, the leading cause of homelessness.”

“President Trump has instructed his team to go further and develop a series of policy options to address this tragedy.” — he continued.

During his speeches, Trump repeatedly mentioned homelessness in California.

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“What they do with our beautiful California is a shame for our country. It's a shame", — he said during a campaign speech in Cincinnati last month.

“The world is looking at it. Look at Los Angeles with tents and terrible, terrible conditions, — he added. “Look at San Francisco, look at some other cities.”

Trump also made unwarranted statements about his initiatives to combat homelessness, allegedly undertaken in Washington, comparing the situation in the city with California cities. Judging by his words, he believes that in 2017 he took some dramatic actions to combat homelessness in Washington.

“You know, I had a situation when I first became president, we had certain areas of Washington, D.C., where this was starting to happen, and I ended it very quickly. I said, 'You can't do that,'" Trump said, but it was unclear exactly what steps he was talking about to combat homelessness in Washington. Yet there is no evidence that Trump did anything early in his presidency that “ended” any homelessness problem in the nation's capital.

“When world leaders come to meet with the President of the United States, and they go along the highway, they cannot look at it, — Trump noted when talking about the level of homelessness in the United States. — I really believe that it harms our country. They cannot watch scenes like you see in Los Angeles and San Francisco. ”

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