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Nevada County accepts $2.5 million state grant to help house people in Brunswick Basin encampments
Summary
The Board accepted $2,508,623 from the state Encampment Resolution Funding Program to provide targeted housing navigation, landlord liaison services, rental assistance and cleanups focused on the Brunswick Basin. County officials said the grant pays for three years of operations and is intended to speed people from interim to permanent housing.
The Nevada County Board of Supervisors voted June 25 to accept a $2,508,623 Encampment Resolution Fund (ERF) award to target homelessness in the Brunswick Basin corridor.
Phoebe Bell, behavioral health director, told the board the state program is intended to reduce impacts of encampments and to create pathways to stable housing. Program manager Bridal Phillips (presenting the item) described an 18-month-to-3-year set of services that will fund a landlord liaison team, incentives to bring units online, mitigation funds to lower barriers…
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