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State OTDA details how New York funds permanent supportive housing as Tompkins lawmakers weigh local projects
Summary
Officials from the New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance told the Tompkins County Legislature on April 15 that state programs including HHAP and ESHI fund construction and operations of permanent supportive housing, and encouraged local partners to apply early for competitive capital and operating rounds.
On April 15 the Tompkins County Legislature heard a detailed briefing from the New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance on state funding streams and models for addressing homelessness with permanent and supportive housing.
State OTDA housing bureau officials Sarah Watson and Linda Kamoyne told legislators that New York’s Homeless Housing and Assistance Program (HHAP) and the Empire State Supportive Housing Initiative (ESHI) are the principal state resources for creating and operating housing targeted to people experiencing or at risk of homelessness. Watson said HHAP provides competitive capital grants and loans to acquire, construct or rehab housing; she told the legislature that the HHAP appropriation has been $128,000,000 annually and that demand has recently outstripped supply.
The presentation outlined three broad responses to homelessness: emergency shelter (short-term placements often paid by counties), transitional housing…
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