Homelessness
New tool finds vacant Pierce County apartments for people experiencing homelessness (Tacoma Housing Authority)
From The News Tribune:
Shkelqim Kelmendi believes that no apartment should sit vacant when there are people living without a home.
As the executive director of nonprofit Housing Connector, Kelmendi brings together property owners and case managers for people experiencing homelessness to identify where those units are and how they can be used to combat the region’s homelessness crisis.
Congresswoman Maxine Waters Announces Introduction of Groundbreaking Legislative Housing Package
Yesterday, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) introduced a legislative housing package to make rental housing more affordable, end homelessness, and encourage homeownership.
Robust Partnerships Helped San Diego Deliver Effective Pandemic Relief (San Diego Housing Commission)
From HUD PD&R's Edge:
Mayor Gloria, Chair Fletcher Detail Strategies to Address Pervasive Challenges Contributing to Chronic Homelessness (San Diego Housing Commission)
From San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria's press release:
Recognizing the growing encampments of homeless people on the sidewalks of Downtown San Diego and the difficulty placing unsheltered people suffering from addiction into existing programs, Mayor Todd Gloria and County Board of Supervisors Chair Nathan Fletcher today detailed a new strategy to address the immediate and long-term challenges facing these vulnerable individuals.
Restoration of a National Treasure: Grand Opening of Soldiers Home Returns Site to the Service of Veterans
From the Milwaukee Independent:
Columbus MHA to receive $21 million in federal funds for emergency housing vouchers for homeless
From The Columbus Dispatch:
The Columbus Metropolitan Housing Authority will be using $21 million in new federal money to pay for emergency vouchers to house 298 homeless families.
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development awarded the money as part of $5 billion being distributed nationwide for housing the homeless.
Jersey City & JC Housing Authority in $2M Partnership to Build New Facility to Provide More Resources for Homeless Residents
From the Garden State Community Development Corporation's press release:
Baltimore Housing Authority expands Housing Choice Voucher program to help more homeless residents
From The Baltimore Sun:
The Housing Authority of Baltimore City announced that it has allocated an additional 50 Housing Choice vouchers to help homeless residents obtain housing.
In a Tuesday news release, the agency wrote that it now offers 900 vouchers annually through the city’s Coordinated Access process, which is designed to assess people’s needs and connect them with appropriate aid for housing and homeless services.
Historic Milwaukee Soldiers Home restored to serve veterans and their families facing homelessness (Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee)
From WTMJ Milwaukee:
The Victorian Gothic Old Main building on the Milwaukee Soldiers Home campus has a new but familiar purpose more than 150 years after it first opened to house Civil War veterans.
"Here in 2021, we're fulfilling the mission of putting veterans and families into a home who are either homeless or at risk of being homeless. So this is a great win not only for the City of Milwaukee but for the state of Wisconsin," said Eduardo Garza, President/CEO of the Center for Veterans Issues.