Just before noon Monday, Mayor Van Johnson strode into Mavis Jones’ home on Pennsylvania Avenue. Next to him was Marcia Fudge, U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. The group took a tour of the home, recalling Jones’s journey to home ownership through Savannah’s DreamMaker Home Purchase Assistance program.
The home tour was one stop during Fudge’s visit to Savannah, where she announced $4.1 million in Continuum of Care money, which aid people experiencing homelessness, to the Chatham-Savannah Interagency Council on Homelessness. The investment was part of $3.1 billion in Continuum of Care money announced by HUD in summer 2023.
“We have a community that cares,” said Jennifer Dulong, executive director of Chatham-Savannah Authority for the Homeless. “We have a community that wants to see people thrive, no matter what your background or experiences are.
The Continuum of Care program is a federal initiative aimed at ending homelessness. The program provides money to entities such as nonprofits and local governments to rehouse people experiencing homelessness.