HSN has been receiving a lot of phone calls over the past few months from people afraid of becoming homeless because they have learned that the residence that they are renting has been foreclosed. There are a lot of questions regarding the tenants’ rights in these situations, but our friends at Legal Advocacy at Work [...]
HUD’s Secretary Shaun Donovan announced today that $190 million has been awarded to fund 550 new projects across the country that will provide housing and supportive services to thousands of homeless individuals and families. Homeless Services Network and the Continuum of Care received over $1.6 million in new project funding as follows: You may download [...]
We are scheduled to upgrade our HMIS software from ServicePoint 4 to ServicePoint 5. This is considered a major upgrade, so it will require for the HMIS to be taken offline at noon on Thursday, 8/5 until noon on Friday, 8/6. Please inform the HMIS Help Desk right away at hmis {at} hsncfl(.)org if you [...]
The National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty and the National Coalition for the Homeless jointly released a new report entitled A Place at the Table: Prohibitions on Sharing Food with People Experiencing Homelessness. The report focuses on cities that have created ordinances, policies and tactics to limit groups from sharing food with homeless people. [...]
