This year, the US Department of Housing and Urban Development announced it would drastically change policies for its “Continuum of Care” grants, which provide funds to organizations that assist people experiencing homelessness.
HUD’s CoC program is focused on providing services for people who fit HUD’s definition of “literally homeless”. Those are people living in temporary shelters or areas not meant for human habitation.
Much of the available funding was given to organizations providing permanent supportive housing solutions — which are programs that give long-term housing to people experiencing homelessness, often along with case management…