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Advocates and clients urge City Council to fund year‑round low‑barrier shelter and rapid rehousing
Summary
Multiple public commenters — including staff and clients from Dismas Recovery Resource Center — asked the council to allocate HHSP set‑aside funding for deposits, case management and rapid rehousing that they say can move roughly 50 people from street to housing. Speakers described recent client placements and requested predictable, year‑round shelter capacity.
Corpus Christi — During the evening public-comment period, representatives and clients of Dismas Charities’ Recovery Resource Center urged the City Council to allocate homeless‑services funding for permanent housing solutions, including security deposits, case management and rapid rehousing.
Jennifer Nanias, a case manager at Dismas, asked the council to support the program through the Homeward Homelessness Services Program (HHSP) general set‑aside. She said the funding would allow the center to “convert temporary interventions into permanent…
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