We write in response to the Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) reckless and disturbing policy change and funding announcement that could push over 170,000 formerly homeless individuals back on the streets and exacerbate our nation's homelessness crisis, the lawmakers wrote. HUD issued the funding notice Nov. 13. Under the changes, allocations for permanent supportive housing would drop from 86% of CoC funds to 30%.
The support for this type of legislation among PSH tenants has been misrepresented. Based on my conversations, tenants overwhelmingly support having the option to have recovery housing available for those who need it, and that includes myself. I support recovery housing options-but there are plenty of PSH tenants who don't believe that sobriety should be forced and would not be in support of anything that didn't give a harm reduction option.
