Thousands of Ohio households at risk of returning to homelessness due to HUD cuts

Thousands of households in Ohio are at risk of returning to homelessness because of policy changes at the federal level.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is capping funds for programs that house formerly homeless people at 30% of their previous allocation. That will mean the loss of $36 million from supportive housing in Cuyahoga County, Director of the Office of Homeless Services LeVine Ross said.

“We have about over 2,700 units, permanent supportive housing units,” she said. “That would take us down to 554.”…

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