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LISTEN: Homeless service organizations in Georgia are unsure about what funding they’ll have next year to help people into housing. GPB’s Grant Blankenship reports their concerns come as a challenge to a new Department of Housing and Urban Development policy works its way through the courts.
Homeless service organizations in Georgia are unsure about what funding they will have to work with in the coming year because of changes in mission at the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development — changes currently being challenged in federal court.
Many of the homeless service providers who rely on money from HUD use what’s called a supportive housing model. That’s where a roof comes before services like mental health care or substance abuse recovery. For instance, 100 new supportive housing units opened in Atlanta just this month.
In November, the Trump administration flipped the script to support more transitional housing. That means treatment first and a roof later…