Landlords Needed to Rent to Veterans and Other Homeless People

The County Health and Human Services Agency’s Housing and Community Development Services is looking for landlords willing to rent to veterans and other people experiencing homelessness. Rorick Luepton is the landlord liaison with the County Health and Human Services Agency’s Housing and Community Development Services, and he is looking for landlords willing to rent to veterans and other people experiencing homelessness. Read more.

Grants Available to Improve Neighborhoods  

The County of San Diego will once again be providing funds to people wishing to improve their neighborhoods.

The monies come from the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), a federal flexible program that gives communities resources to address a wide variety of unique community development needs. Applications are being accepted now through Oct. 27, 2017.  Read more.

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WeAllCount - San Diego’s Point-In-Time Count – is the annual homeless census that helps us understand the scope of homelessness in our region, so that we can improve our programs and services to end homelessness.
Learn more about WeAllCount and the Regional Task Force on the Homeless campaign.

County Integrates HHSA, Housing Department

County of San Diego officials announced a significant organizational change to fully integrate health, human services and housing.  

The change will move Housing and Community Development Services into the Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA), which will further support the County’s efforts to address the needs of vulnerable residents, particularly homeless people with severe mental illnesses.  Read more.

Regional Effort to Revise Federal Funding Formula for Homeless Services

On May 17, 2016, HCD hosted a meeting of elected officials, local service providers, educators, funders and the media to coordinate a regional response to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's public comment period on the federal funding formula for homeless services.  

The decades-old formula puts San Diego at a disadvantage by underfunding critical programs.  In 2015, the San Diego region was 4th in the number of homeless and 22nd in ranking for overall homeless funding.