As many as 150 people could lose housing in Oklahoma City under new federal guidelines about how to use homelessness assistance funds, local officials say.
The new rules come from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and represent a major change in how the federal government funds homeless outreach, limiting providers’ ability to maintain permanent and rapid rehousing programs already in place.
“This [notice] represents one of the most significant shifts in federal guidance on homelessness in a decade,” said Jamie Caves, the strategy implementation manager for Key to Home, a public-private partnership that oversees the city’s network of homeless service providers…