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A growing number of new facilities around the country are designed to give people experiencing homelessness a place to recover after they’ve been discharged from the hospital.
Housing vouchers can change recipients’ lives but often come after years of waiting.
The pandemic response program provided billions of dollars that were meant to help get unhoused people into permanent housing.
If the city lacks enough homeless housing, the proposal would allow a homeless person to sue. But short-term shelter must be accepted.
A Bay Area nonprofit has helped nearly 400 people move from the program into stable housing.
COVID has resulted in a wave of federal money directed at helping the roughly 580,000 people without stable shelter.
The money can be used for tenant-based rental assistance and property development to create more affordable housing.
One measure of homelessness is the annual “point-in-time count.” Critics say it falls short of identifying the problem’s severity.
Opponents argue earmarks opened the door to corruption and waste. Supporters argue they’ll help make Congress more effective.
The number of people showing up for free hot meals has more than doubled since the pandemic began, the CEO of HOPE South Florida says.