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Panel: California housing grants and pilots reduced veteran homelessness but face funding and maintenance gaps
Summary
HCD and nonprofit witnesses told the Assembly committee that state-funded housing programs and pilot grants have helped reduce veteran homelessness in California but that program sustainability and building maintenance threaten current gains.
Panelists from the California Department of Housing and Community Development, CalVet and nonprofit providers described statewide housing efforts that officials said helped reduce veteran homelessness by roughly 45 percent but are vulnerable to funding uncertainty and capital-maintenance shortfalls.
Jennifer Seager of the Department of Housing and Community Development summarized state housing programs for veterans. She said AB 639 (creating the Veterans Housing and Homelessness Prevention Program) and Proposition 41 funding have supported multifamily projects and that to date HCD awards have funded 6,683 new units…
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