Homelessness issues ramped up in region, Lima Housing Task Force learns
By Sam Shriver - sshriver@limanews.com
LIMA — The Lima Housing Task Force took up the issue of homelessness and housing instability at its monthly meeting Tuesday.
Meeting virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the task force heard a discussion by Tammie Colon with the Mental Health Recovery Services Board, Hellen Douglas from Family Promise, Jackie Fox from West Ohio Community Action Partnership and Russ Thomas from Connected Hope.
“We have been working with lots of partners for the past 10 years, and we’ve done a pretty good job of meeting the needs of clients in a very small way,” Fox said. “We do know how to end homelessness. We need affordable housing where you only spend 30% of your income on housing, and we need adequate income.”