Today’s meeting was another lively and informative session with over 60 attendees. Having cancelled the May meeting, maybe we all just missed each other’s company. Here’s a quick recap: The minutes from the April meeting were approved. The Healthcare Center for the Homeless would like feedback from the Continuum as it conducts its strategic planning [...]
Florida’s Department of Children and Families annually offers Homeless Housing Assistance Grants (HHAG) to assist in the development of transitional housing for the homeless or for permanent housing for the homeless. The applicant for the grant can only be the designated lead agency for the local homeless Continuum of Care plan, which is Homeless Services Network. HSN applies [...]
The Florida Department of Children and Families is preparing to staff up and be in a position to once again accept and fund applications from families with minor children who are behind in their rent, or who are homeless and need aid for a security deposit to get back into an apartment. Tom Pierce, Director of the Office [...]
This news comes to us from a recent National Alliance to End Homelessness newsletter: Last Thursday, May 28, the National Housing Law Project (NHLP) published a series of resources about the new federal protections for tenants living in foreclosed properties. S. 896, the Helping Families Save Their Homes Act, was signed into law by President Obama [...]
