"Nurse Julianne Vidal takes vitals for Brandon Radford, 80, in his room at Oak Days, a permanent supportive housing program in a former hotel in Oakland, on May 22, 2024. Advocates for people experiencing homelessness fear this kind of housing could lose funding under federal guidelines released this month. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)"
""We are stopping the Biden-era slush fund that fueled the homelessness crisis, shut out faith-based providers simply because of their values, and incentivized never-ending government dependency," Turner said."
""The hit is harder to weather for the small counties who don't have as much [local funding] to fall back on," Finnigan said. "And for the larger counties, that's not necessarily so simple to understand what might happen and whether or how they can respond. But, they do at least have other resources to try to shuffle around.""
The Bay Area could lose more than $100 million in federal funding that helps house people exiting homelessness, according to All Home. HUD issued new guidelines redirecting the majority of funding from permanent housing toward transitional housing and prioritizing supportive services such as substance abuse treatment and mental healthcare. HUD described the changes as major policy reforms, and the secretary framed prior funding as problematic. Providers and advocates worry about funding shortfalls, uncertain continuity for existing permanent housing, and uneven impacts on small counties versus larger counties with more resources.
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