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Housing agency warns HUD delays and voucher shortfalls could leave thousands unserved in Walton County
Summary
Tom Baker told the Walton County Advisory Committee that the agency's waiting list shows 1,400 people but may undercount need because new cases have not been added since mid‑2024; he said HUD program activity is on hold, county provided up to $30,000 to keep the agency open, and local providers are overwhelmed.
Tom Baker, reporting for the local housing agency, told the Walton County Affordable Housing Advisory Committee on April 21 that federal program delays and local capacity constraints threaten to deepen homelessness this year.
Baker said the agency's reported waiting list holds about 1,400 names but cautioned the figure is unreliable because the program has not added new cases consistently since mid‑2024. "The numbers could be 5,000, 6,000, 10,000," he said as a potential scale of unmet need if the list were updated; he…
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