CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Corpus Christi City Council accepting nearly $645,000 dollars from the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs to help non-profits that provide services and resources to people that are homeless.
The TDHCA only gives this funding to 9 cities and Corpus Christi was one of them.
Amanda Rodriguez who oversees the city’s efforts to address homelessness says a recent point-in-time count from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development shows progress—as the number of people experiencing homelessness in Nueces county has dropped from 1,117 to 799 in the past year…