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State and housing providers urge Salisbury to scale housing-first interventions as federal funding tightens
Summary
Maryland DHCD and Health Care for the Homeless told Salisbury's City Council that permanent supportive housing and Housing First strategies reduce homelessness and that a new HUD Continuum of Care NOFO will sharply limit funding available for permanent housing assistance, placing pressure on local efforts and prompting offers of state technical assistance.
Danielle Meister, assistant secretary for homelessness at the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development, and Kevin Lindemood, CEO of Health Care for the Homeless, briefed the Salisbury City Council on state supports and local options for addressing homelessness.
Meister told the council the state has "made a lot of progress" toward reducing homelessness and described permanent supportive housing as central to that success. She warned that a recent U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Continuum of Care NOFO will cap how much permanent housing assistance CoCs can provide, saying that change will mean substantial cuts for the Lower Shore: "for a place like the Lower…
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