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Council committee reviews $250,000 CDBG amendment to fund Project Access bus serving people experiencing homelessness
Summary
Housing staff told a City Council committee they will ask council to authorize a second amendment adding up to $250,000 in CDBG funds to Health Care for the Homeless Houston to operate Project Access, a weekday no‑charge bus route serving people experiencing homelessness.
The Quality of Life Committee heard a report on an ordinance that would authorize a second amendment to the subrecipient agreement with Health Care for the Homeless Houston to provide up to $250,000 in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds to operate Project Access, a no‑charge, regularly scheduled transportation service for people experiencing homelessness.
Melody Barr of the Housing and Community Development Department described Project Access as a 40‑passenger, all‑ability bus that operates Monday–Friday, year‑round (it does not run on Thanksgiving and Christmas), follows a 23‑agency route with about 32 stops between roughly 7 a.m. and 5 p.m., and serves a minimum of 2,000 individuals. Barr said the…
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