The San Diego Housing Commission will receive 470 federal Emergency Housing Vouchers from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to help pay rent.
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A group of beach area residents wants the city to open a parking lot in Mission Bay that will allow homeless people who live in their cars to legally park overnight.
Proponents say the parking lot at Rose Marie Starns South Shores Park, a small green space near SeaWorld mostly used for boating, is a good location for people to rest at night because it has room for more than 250 cars and access to public restrooms.
The park is currently open from 4 a.m. to 2 a.m. but overnight camping is not allowed.
“We have to start coming up with creative solutions to the problem because what we have considered in the past isn’t working and it’s not enough,” said Caryn Blanton, acting executive director for Shoreline Community Services, a nonprofit that works to eliminate homelessness in San Diego’s central beach neighborhoods.
SD Housing Commission to receive 470 emergency housing vouchers
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SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The San Diego Housing Commission will receive 470 federal Emergency Housing Vouchers from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to help pay rent for San Diegans experiencing homelessness or at risk of becoming homeless, it was announced Wednesday. These housing vouchers are going to change the lives of 470 San Diegans and their families, Mayor Todd Gloria said. Programs like this will provide safety for some of our most vulnerable and create a level of stability that would otherwise be out of reach.
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In what was lauded as the single biggest investment any state has ever made to address homelessness, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday announced a $12 billion proposal to create affordable housing, increase mental health services and fund other programs to get people off the street.
Newsom made the announcement at the Kearny Vista Apartments, one of two former San Diego hotels that were purchased and converted into housing with funding from the state’s Project Homekey program introduced by the governor last year.
“What we’re announcing here today is truly historic,” Newsom said. “It’s unprecedented, not just in California history. What we’re announcing here today is simply unprecedented in American history.”