Vouchers available to help the homeless get off the streets
"Homelessness has been an area of rising concern."
Kern County has been awarded more than 200 emergency vouchers to get homeless people in the county off the streets.
and last updated 2021-07-26 23:31:07-04
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) â Kern County has been awarded more than 200 emergency vouchers to get homeless people in the county off the streets.
Prior to the pandemic, there were housing vacancies but now there are more than 2,000 people experiencing homelessness and thousands waiting for a place to stay in Kern.
"Vouchers are one of our best ways of being able to problem-solve around the issues of homelessness," explained Dr. Anna Laven, executive director of the Bakersfield-Kern Regional Homeless Collaborative.