Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention program: round 8: smaller jurisdictions.
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Overview
This bill focuses on providing additional housing assistance to smaller California cities experiencing homelessness. It establishes a new round (Round 8) of the Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention (HHAP) program, specifically targeting cities with populations under 300,000. To be eligible for funding, these cities must adopt a homelessness action plan, have a compliant housing element, and implement a local encampment policy. The bill requires Continuums of Care to allocate funds to these smaller jurisdictions as part of Round 8.
Key provisions
- Requires Continuums of Care to allocate funds to smaller cities (population under 300,000) in Round 8 of the HHAP program.
- Smaller cities must adopt a regionally coordinated homelessness action plan.
- Smaller cities must have a compliant housing element.
- Smaller cities must adopt a local encampment policy.
- Continuums of Care must accept applications from eligible smaller cities.
- Round 8 action plans must include descriptions of programs provided by smaller jurisdictions.
- Regions receiving funding can allocate a portion to smaller jurisdictions.
- Requires smaller jurisdictions to demonstrate past actions aligned with the homelessness action plan.
Who is affected
- Cities with a population under 300,000
- Continuums of Care
- Local Governments
- Homeless Individuals
- Nonprofit Organizations
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