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The Bay Area could lose more $100 million in federal funding that helps house people exiting homelessness, according to the policy and advocacy organization, All Home. Homeless service providers are wrestling with what the loss could mean for ongoing efforts to get people off the street and keep them housed.
“This policy is short-sighted,” said Vivian Wan, CEO of Abode Services, a nonprofit housing provider in the Bay Area. “It’s not going to drive the economy. It’s not going to be more cost-effective. It is certainly not going to end homelessness.”
New guidelines issued by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development last week earmark 70% of a major federal homelessness funding program for competitive grants, up from 10% in prior years. Of the total funding, only 30% can be used for permanent supportive housing, down from roughly 90% in previous years…