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Residents and service providers urge supervisors to fund homelessness services, SRO repairs and senior supports
Summary
Dozens of public commenters at the Board of Supervisors Budget & Finance Committee hearing urged the city to fund eviction defense, rental subsidies, homeless employment programs and SRO elevator repairs, and to sustain the mayor—s initial investments in the Homeless Emergency Services Providers Association (HESPA) proposal.
At a June 20 Board of Supervisors Budget & Finance Committee hearing, dozens of residents and nonprofit leaders pressed the supervisors to prioritize funding for homelessness prevention and supportive services in the coming fiscal years.
Speakers from the Homeless Emergency Services Providers Association (HESPA), Hospitality House and the Budget Justice Coalition asked the Board to fund eviction prevention legal services, housing subsidies and employment programs they said help people move into and stay in housing. "We need employment services," said Jose Bernal, program manager at Hospitality House's shelter…
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