How San Francisco fell behind on housing its homeless population
2 years ago

How San Francisco fell behind on housing its homeless population

LA Times  

Reyna De La Cruz had looked at 15 apartments, at least. In May, the San Francisco Housing Authority had issued De La Cruz an emergency housing voucher. Efrain Sandoval, a program manager with Catholic Charities SF, visits Reyna De La Cruz at the camper where she lives with her three children in San Francisco’s Bayview neighborhood. To find a home, De La Cruz and other San Franciscans with emergency housing vouchers must navigate not only the city’s tight rental market, but also the thicket of organizations the city has enlisted to help them. Emergency housing vouchers can be used at 120% of the fair market rate, which means De La Cruz’s three-bedroom voucher can be applied to a unit with a rent of up to $4,933 per month.

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Cities small and large outshine L.A. at finding emergency housing for homeless people
2 years, 5 months ago

Cities small and large outshine L.A. at finding emergency housing for homeless people

LA Times  

An officer with the San Diego Police Department’s homeless outreach team writes a voucher in April to help a homeless person get a California ID. This time, the San Diego Housing Commission, which serves the city, got back to her “right away,” she said. San Diego’s housing commission hired five full-time employees to help people get housed, did extensive community …

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