LSA FAQ and Troubleshooting
This article serves as a platform for sharing LSA resources, announcements, timelines, and other pertinent information pertaining to LSA development and submission.
Table of Contents
LSA Timeline
HDX opened for LSA submissions on 10/26/2026.
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HUD Interim Benchmark Date #1: LSA Successful Upload 11/09/2026
- HUD Interim Benchmark Date #2: Initial Review of Warning Flags 11/23/2026
The submission window is expected to close on January 7, 2027, at 11:59pm Pacific Time.
LSA Announcements
Announcements are organized by month, with the newest months and updates listed first. The date each announcement was added appears in parentheses after the announcement.
October 2026
LSA Export Report's LSACalculated.csv output has been updated with the following:
- Row 907 now accounts for scenarios where there is no Head of Household in a household.
- Row 908 now accounts for enrollments without an enrollment screen.
- Data Quality Check for NotOneHoH now checks for the report CoC when there is no Head of Household.
(Updated: October 29, 2026)
LSA Reports have been updated with FY26 specifications, including:
- SSN4Digit column
- New SSN validation logic
- DisabilityStatus code column
- DisabilityStatus code logic updates
- DisablingCondition code logic updates
The following report names have been updated as a result.
Administrator Reports category:
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[HUDX-231-AD] LSA Export [FY 2026]
- [HUDX-236-AD] LSA - Project Descriptor HDX Upload Test [FY 2026]
HUD Reports category:
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[HUDX-231] LSA Export [FY 2026]
- [HUDX-236] LSA - Project Descriptor HDX Upload Test [FY 2026]
Refer to [HUDX-231-AD] LSA Quick Guide for details on running these reports.
(Updated: 10/26/2026)
LSA Resources
The following are links to additional Help Center resources:
- LSA Toolkit
- [HUDX-231-AD] LSA Quick Guide
- Data Quality: LSA Data Quality Errors
- Federal Report Data Cleanup Assistance Dashboard
- LSA Data Cleanup: Funding Source and Configuration Issues
- LSA Data Cleanup: Household and Enrollment Data
- LSA Data Cleanup: Length of Stay and Utilization Overview
- LSA Data Cleanup: Overlapping Enrollments
- LSA Data Cleanup: Project Descriptor Data Issues
- LSA Data Cleanup: Year to Year Comparisons
- FY 2025 LSA Known Issues
The following are links to additional HUD Exchange resources:
- HUD Exchange LSA Landing Page
- LSA Common Flags Library
- Introductory Guide to Submitting LSA Data
- HUD HDX Issues
- HUD HMIS Data Standards
- Eva - Open Source HMIS Data Quality tool
Below is a list of Data Quality - Missing Elements flags from the 2025 LSA season that may be helpful.
|
Category |
Flag ID |
Flag Description |
|
LSAPerson File |
1351 |
RaceEthnicity is missing for more than 1% of people in this project type and household type. Please review enrollment data for this project type and household type to check if any missing Race/Ethnicity data can be updated for adults and Head of Households. "Missing" is defined to mean data where the related field(s) in HMIS has a value of 99 (i.e., "Data Not Collected"), is null, or is blank. |
|
LSAPerson File |
1352 |
DisabilityStatus is unknown for more than 10% of adults and Head of Households in this project type and household type. Please review enrollment data to check if any unknown Disability data can be updated. Disability data is considered unknown when the "Disabling Condition" question has a response of "Client doesn't know," "Client prefers not to answer," or "Data not collected" or when the field is null or blank in HMIS. |
|
LSAPerson File |
1353 |
DVStatus is missing for more than 10% of adults and Head of Households in this project type and household type. Please review enrollment data to check if any missing DV data can be updated. DV data is considered missing when the "Survivor of Domestic Violence" question has a response of "Data not collected" or is null or blank in HMIS. Per the HMIS Data Standards, Domestic Violence (4.11) is a Common Program Specific Data Element, and not all projects are required to collect this data based on the project's funding source. If this is a contributing factor to the missing percentage in this flag, please reference this in your note. |
|
LSAHousehold File |
1354 |
HoHRaceEthnicity is missing for more than 1% of Head of Households in this project type and household type. Please review enrollment data for this project type and household type to check if any missing Race/Ethnicity data can be updated for Head of Households. "Missing" is defined to mean data where the related field(s) in HMIS has a value of 99 (i.e., "Data Not Collected"), is null, or is blank. |
|
LSAHousehold File |
1355 |
ESTLivingSituation is missing or invalid for more than 5% of households of this household type. Please review enrollment data to check if any missing or invalid Prior Living Situation data can be updated. Prior Living Situation is considered missing or invalid if the "Type of Residence" question has a response of "Data not collected" or is null or blank in HMIS. Also included as missing are cases where the Type of Residence is "Rental by client, with ongoing housing subsidy" and the Rental Subsidy Type field is null or blank in HMIS. (Note that EST project types include Emergency Shelter, Safe Haven, and Transitional Housing.) |
|
LSAHousehold File |
1356 |
PSHLivingSituation is missing or invalid for more than 5% of households of this household type. Please review enrollment data to check if any missing or invalid Prior Living Situation data can be updated. Prior Living Situation is considered missing or invalid if the "Type of Residence" question has a response of "Data not collected" or is null or blank in HMIS. Also included as missing are cases where the Type of Residence is "Rental by client, with ongoing housing subsidy" and the Rental Subsidy Type field is null or blank in HMIS. |
|
LSAHousehold File |
1357 |
RRHLivingSituation is missing or invalid for more than 5% of households of this household type. Please review enrollment data to check if any missing or invalid Prior Living Situation data can be updated. Prior Living Situation is considered missing or invalid if the "Type of Residence" question has a response of "Data not collected" or is null or blank in HMIS. Also included as missing are cases where the Type of Residence is "Rental by client, with ongoing housing subsidy" and the Rental Subsidy Type field is null or blank in HMIS. |
|
LSAHousehold File |
1358 |
ESTDestination is missing or invalid for more than 5% of households of this household type. Please review enrollment data for this project type and household type to check if any missing or invalid Destination data can be updated. Destination is considered missing or invalid if the "Exit Destination" question has a response of "Other," "No exit interview completed," or "Data not collected" or if the field is null or blank in HMIS. (Note that EST project types include Emergency Shelter, Safe Haven, and Transitional Housing.) |
|
LSAHousehold File |
1359 |
PSHDestination is missing or invalid for more than 5% of households of this household type. Please review enrollment data for this project type and household type to check if any missing or invalid Destination data can be updated. Destination is considered "missing or invalid" if the Exit Destination field in HMIS is blank or has a value of "Other," "No exit interview completed," or "Data not collected". |
|
LSAHousehold File |
1360 |
RRHDestination is missing or invalid for more than 5% of households of this household type. Please review enrollment data for this project type and household type to check if any missing or invalid Destination data can be updated. Destination is considered "missing or invalid" if the Exit Destination field in HMIS is blank or has a value of "Other," "No exit interview completed," or "Data not collected". |
Notes: These flags may also appear without these missing elements if enrollments occur outside of Program Operation Dates, HMIS Participation Status Dates, and/or when an ES NbN Enrollment program start/exit date differs from the First Bed Night/Last Bed Night +1 day. This is due to how the LSA specifications adjust start/exit dates. When adjusted start or exit dates do not align with the HMIS start/exit dates, it can cause these flags to return (particularly for LivingSituation, Destination, and Disabling Condition flags).
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In the context of ES NbN enrollments and clients, it is important to recognize that ESTDestination flags may occur in the absence of an Exit Date one day after the last recorded Bed Night. This situation may result in a community surpassing the threshold related to the project and household type. In such cases, the LSA establishes an effective Exit Date with an Unknown (99) Destination.
Updated: 11/02/2026