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Closed Prison Will Be Turned Into Housing For Homeless Veterans |
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| Fort Lyon Correctional Facility in Las Animas, southeast Colorado, is the prison that will be remodeled for housing homeless vets. The governor's administration has asked for $6 million | |
Columbia Homeless Shelters Expect To See Increase This Season |
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| Shelters in the Missouri town are preparing for more homeless individuals who will need shelter this winter. The Columbia Interface Resource Center is looking for a permanent location for their day center | |
Congress Needs To Do So Much More To Help The Homeless Veterans |
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| There is a new bipartisan bill in the House called the "Clothe a Homeless Hero Act." The bill will allow clothing left at airports to be donated to veterans. HUD stated in 2011 there were about 67,000 homeless veterans on any given night | |
Cook County's Food Pantries Are Experiencing Record Usage |
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| Since October 2012, there have been over 550,000 visits at food pantries across Cook County in Illinois. Many food pantries throughout the United States have reported increased visitors in the last twelve months | |
Corporation Donates $30,000 To The Southeast Missouri Food Bank |
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| The Archer Daniels Midland Company donated the funds to support the Truck to the Table Mobile Food Pantry which is a program of Southeast Missouri Food Bank | |
Corvallis Homeless Shelter Coalition Has Found New Location |
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| Last-minute public and private financial support has enabled the homeless shelter for men to open this winter. The new location is 530 S.W. Fourth St. It will be open from 7 pm to 7 am daily and will offer light snacks and coffee to residents. | |
Could We End Homelessness In America With The Money That Is Spent On Christmas Decorations? |
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| The acting assistant Housing Secretary for Community Planning and Development, Mark Johnston, stated that $20 billion is needed to end the problem of homelessness in America. That amount of money is not that much when compared to | |
Countywide Food Drive Announced By AIDS Project Los Angeles |
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| APLA is going to launch their food drive on November 12 by having the event at their North Hollywood NOLP warehouse. This is the program’s headquarters for collecting and also for sorting food items for distribution | |
Cyndi Lauper Joins Hud In Promoting One-Night Counts Of Homeless |
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| HUD is asking nearly 3,000 cities, as well as counties to conduct counts of homeless persons for their “Point-in-Time" survey. The count is to be carried out throughout the last ten days of this month | |
Denver Prohibits Homeless From Sleeping On The Streets |
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| It's been one year since the city of Denver passed an ordinance prohibiting camping in the city. There still are many homeless people sleeping on the streets but there haven't been any arrests. Too few are being directed to homeless shelters because the city lacks them. | |
Developer of Affordable Housing Seeks $2 Million |
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| On June 26th, The Elk Grove City Council in California is going to consider a conditional loan of $2 million to Pacific West Communities who wants to build an affordable housing project near Backer Ranch Road and Elk Grove Boulevard. | |
Development Fund To Help Rebuild After Storm |
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| Morgan Stanley and National Equity Fund, Inc. (non-profit organization) recently said they are going to add $75 million to a fund that is for tax credit-eligible affordable housing reconstruction to assist in the rebuilding of homes for low-income victims of the storms in New York, New Jersey, and other areas affected by Hurricane Sandy | |
Did Mayor Bloomberg Ban Homeless Shelter Food Donations? |
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| The ban was not caused by food contamination, but because NYC authorities are unable to assess quantities of fat, salt, and fiber in the donated food. The city wants to be sure hungry people are getting the proper levels of nutrition and not too much fat etc. | |
Did You Know That Rhode Island Has A Homeless Bill of Rights? |
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| It is America's first Homeless Bill of Rights and was past this last summer. The new law states that employers and landlords are prohibited from discriminating against homeless persons when they apply for a job or an apartment. It also affirms their rights to be in public areas like libraries and parks. | |
Difficult To Get An Accurate Count On Homelessness in America |
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| Accurate numbers of homelessness in America are not easy to obtain. It has been estimated that nearly 1.6 million people in the country have used emergency shelters or transitional housing in the last year. What is known is homelessness has increased over the last couple of decades | |
Dire Need For Affordable Housing In San Francisco's Mission District |
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| Residents will be voting on Proposition C - the Housing Trust Fund which would create a funding stream for more affordable housing. If approved it would be the city's first affordable housing fund that is locally funded. | |
Director of Homeless Shelter Is Facing Food Stamp Charges |
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| Pastor and director of Transformation House, Manuelus Reacco faces five counts of food stamp fraud along with his wife. Apparently, he was using resident's cards to buy food for the house. | |
Disaster Expert Has Been Hired To Help New York's Homeless |
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| Brad Gair, a former Federal Emergency Management Agency recovery officer has started mapping a comprehensive housing recovery plan for the city's homeless who have lost their homes because of Hurricane Sandy. He helped the city during the 911 crisis. | |
Do Soup Kitchens Bring More Homeless Into The Community? |
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| Costa Mesa, CA, Mayor Eric Bever, believes so. He has asked city administrators to look into enforcing the city's nuisance ordinance regarding two charities to put them out of business. He thinks soup kitchens attract the homeless which in turn cause problems for the city. | |
Downtown Chattanooga Needs More Affordable Housing |
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| The new Gen-X housing trends are for smaller homes which are more affordable. The board recommended many different housing types other than the traditional types for the city in Tennessee | |
Drought Decreases Government Supplies For Food Banks |
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| The United States has been experiencing the worst drought in fifty years which has driven up the cost of food. The bad economy has made more people seek help at food banks and also decreased donations from the private sector | |
Drought Hurts Food Bank Donations |
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| Capital Area Food Bank in Washington D.C., has experienced a 38% decrease in donations this year. Volunteers are trying to compensate by trying purchase additional food and substitute usual food items with cheaper ones | |
Eagle Scout Helps Plant Fruit Trees For Georgia Food Bank |
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| Lee Dix, an Eagle Scout and other scouts, planted 33 fruit trees and blueberry bushes for the Food Bank of Northeast Georgia. The project costs were donated | |
El Monte Plans New Construction For Affordable Housing For Veterans |
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| The city has started construction on the $12.1 million housing project. The 41 unit complex with have a support services coordinator, vocational training and job placement programs. Affordable housing for veterans is always in demand in the region. | |
El Monte Veterans Housing Receives Financing |
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| The housing for formerly homeless veterans will have forty supportive housing units that are permanent. Los Angeles County still has high numbers of homeless veterans compared to other counties throughout the country | |