"Mayor Daniel Lurie on Friday announced he is putting $450,000 toward a pilot program that will pay one month's rent to property owners who agree to reserve vacant units for families and single adults who are currently living in RVs. The program, part of Lurie's $37.5 million "Breaking the Cycle" initiative on homelessness, will prioritize the residents of 325 RVs who have already qualified for a monthly rental subsidy offered by the city."
"The $450,000 in reservation fees is in addition to $12.9 million that the city has allocated to help house this group, which will be used in housing vouchers, homeless outreach, and traffic enforcement. "With this program, we're putting one of those ideas into practice and helping families living in vehicles get into homes faster," Lurie said in a statement. "Families living in vehicles should have a chance to access stable housing - and when families are ready for housing, we need to be ready too.""
"The announcement comes on the heels of the Nov. 1 implementation of Lurie's controversial RV ban, which made it legal to tow unpermitted RVs or large vehicles on any city street if they remain in the same place for more than two hours at a time. RV dwellers are now essentially broken up into two groups: those who were able to get a six-month permit that allowed them to continue parking on city streets as long as they're taking steps towards finding permanent housing, and those who did not get a permit and whose RVs can be towed any time."
The city is allocating $450,000 toward a pilot program to pay one month's rent to property owners who reserve vacant units for families and single adults living in RVs. The program is part of a $37.5 million "Breaking the Cycle" initiative and prioritizes residents of 325 RVs who have qualified for a monthly rental subsidy and hold temporary permits to park while working with a case manager. The $450,000 is in addition to $12.9 million earmarked for vouchers, outreach, and traffic enforcement. The program applies only to permit-holders. A Nov. 1 RV ban allows towing of unpermitted RVs after two hours. Critics say there are not enough vacant units to house eligible permit-holders and those without permits.
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