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Website tracks homelessness trends in Central Florida. New data helps find solutions

Central Florida volunteers are working to combat homelessness by gathering data that will help allocate federal resources, understand local trends and inform policy change.

Have an affordable housing idea? Seminole County seeking public input

With approximately $3 million in federal funding administered through the HUD Home American Rescue Plan Act, the county is now asking for the public’s input on best to use the money locally.

Poll: Most Americans now see homeless people in their area every week

A full 54% of Americans now say they "see homeless people in the area where [they] live" at least once a week, according to a new Yahoo News/YouGov poll — and the same number (54%) say they support "building more affordable housing in [their] area" to help address the issue. Unsurprisingly, Americans who live in cities tend to encounter homeless people more often; just over two-thirds of (68%) of those who self-identify as city dwellers say they see homeless people every week, compared to 50% of those who live in suburbs. Overall, one-third of U.S. adults (33%) say they see homeless people in their area every day. More Americans than not, meanwhile, sense that homelessness is increasing: 50% say they see more unhoused people in their area than in the past, while just 9% say they see fewer. As one might expect, Democrats and Republicans don’t view the various causes of homelessness in precisely the same light.

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Biden administration releases plan to reduce homelessness in American cities

The Biden administration has released a plan aimed at reducing homelessness in America 25% by 2025. CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes joins Lana Zak with details.

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US homeless numbers stay about the same as before pandemic

The figure was nearly the same as it was in a survey conducted in early 2020, just before the coronavirus pandemic hit the nation hard. The federal plan highlights racial and other disparities that have led to inequity in homelessness. The new count was heavily anticipated because the 2021 survey was incomplete due to the pandemic. While the individual tallies normally take place in late January, many were pushed back to February or March because of the pandemic. The local reports compiled into the national data showed the numbers rose some places and fell in others.

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US homeless numbers stay about the same as before pandemic

President Joe Biden's administration is making a new push to reduce homelessness.

US homeless numbers stay about the same as before pandemic

President Joe Biden's administration announced Monday it is ramping up efforts to help house people now sleeping on sidewalks, in tents and cars as a new federal report confirms what's obvious to people in many cities: Homelessness is persisting despite increased local efforts. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development said that in federally required tallies taken across the country earlier this year, about 582,000 people were counted as homeless — a number that misses some people and does not include those staying with friends or family because they do not have a place of their own. The administration aims to lower that by 25% by 2025.

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VA wants homes for 100 homeless Orlando veterans in ‘Home for the Holidays’ campaign

The Orlando VA Healthcare System announced its “Home for the Holidays” campaign with the goal of finding housing for 100 homeless veterans across Orange, Seminole, Osceola, Volusia and Brevard counties.

Within 24 hours, Portland mayor directs city to remove homeless camps, build pickleball courts

A homeless encampment in a Portland, Oregon, park was removed this week and a construction crew showed up the next day to build pickleball courts and other recreational facilities.

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Orlando pastor delivers food to those in need, sees demand rising

Cilphonose Salomon is a pastor at Eglise De Dieu D’operation De La Benediction. For two decades, he has donated food to those in need.

‘Just say no:’ Melbourne mayor says don’t give money to panhandlers

Hannah Durocher and Briana Revita are continuing to panhandle in the face of homelessness, despite Melbourne Mayor Paul Alfrey's attempt to stop this practice.

Local nonprofit in need of donations as homelessness on the rise

ORLANDO, Fla. — Homelessness is on the rise across the nation, and while donations to food banks and homeless shelters are usually steady this time of year, they don’t last long. Christian Service Center, a local nonprofit, told Channel 9 the donations it’s getting now have to last for months. According to the Christian Service Center, it receives at least 70% of its food donations in the last six weeks of the year. “We need items that are easily opened for people that don’t have can openers,” Hampton said. “We need pop-top food items.

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Orlando combats homelessness investing $100,000 to transport people to work

The city of Orlando is combatting homelessness by investing more than $100, 000 in funds to a transportation and staffing agency that will help people get to work.

Nonprofit battles homelessness and the fallout of a pandemic

Russ Beymer knew it would be a challenge to start the newest chapter of HomeAid America in Orlando. That was before a worldwide pandemic changed everything.

Water park hosts rubber duck race to help fight homelessness in Central Florida

A local water park partnered up with Pathway Homes of Florida to help the fight to end homelessness in Central Florida.

Some California counties winding down hotels for homeless

But counties say that with some federal relief funding expiring soon or its status uncertain, it's time to transition residents from expensive hotel rooms to cheaper, more stable housing. California is one of several states, including Washington, that turned to hotels to shelter homeless people as the virus took hold. The department has said it plans to move homeless people out of all 29 hotels by June. Russ Heimerich, spokesman with the state's Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency, says counties have resources to continue housing homeless people in hotels. They say hotel residents have flourished with regular checkups and meals.

Central Florida coalition expects to see uptick in homelessness once eviction moratorium expires

ORLANDO, Fla. – A local coalition fighting homelessness in Central Florida is preparing more resources as Gov. DeSantis' order on certain real estate evictions lifts Thursday, meaning more people could potentially face homelessness. There aren’t enough of them for all of the homeless folks in the community,” Krall said. They also provide resources for about 25 children who need a place to connect for online schooling. At the moment, the coalition is taking in individual volunteers but not group volunteers.

New homelessness agency could open by July 1

A new interlocal agreement creates the Ocala/Marion County Joint Office on Homelessness. The Ocala/Marion County Joint Office on Homelessness inched closer to reality on Tuesday when the County Commission approved an interlocal agreement with the City of Ocala. The governing board, called the Marion County Continuum of Care (CoC), voted 19-13 to create the new agency, called the Ocala/Marion County Joint Office on Homelessness. Meanwhile, the Marion County Homeless Council will continue to serve as the lead agency until the new agency kicks in. It also recommended that the Homeless Council should no longer serve as both the lead agency and as a direct services provider.

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New homelessness office could open by July 1

A new interlocal agreement creates the Ocala/Marion County Joint Office on Homelessness. The Ocala/Marion County Joint Office on Homelessness inched closer to reality on Tuesday when the County Commission approved an interlocal agreement with the city of Ocala. The governing board, called the Marion County Continuum of Care (CoC), voted 19-13 to create the new agency, called the Ocala/Marion County Joint Office on Homelessness. That vote means the Marion County Homeless Council, which has provided oversight for years, will no longer be the lead agency when the new office opens. Meanwhile, the Marion County Homeless Council will continue to serve as the lead agency until the new agency kicks in.

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Housing First: A permanent housing program for the chronically homeless

No rules, no conditions, just a place to live through Housing First, a unique program aimed at helping the chronically homeless find permanent housing with no strings attached. "The shelter system is dangerous and unreliable...people need permanent housing that is not contingent on meeting certain milestones," says Executive Director of the Downtown Emergency Services Center in Seattle (DESC), Daniel Malone. "People deserve time and investment, they deserve something as simple as permanent housing so they can start living." The program has also been shown to have economic incentives for municipalities, proposing that permanent housing for the chronic homeless is more cost effective than paying for their hospital visits, jail time or array of expensive services. "That's just not how it works: people deserve time and investment, they deserve something as simple as permanent housing so they can start living."

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A home of one's own

After experiencing homelessness, Robert McMurtry is asked a simple, yet surprising question: Do you want an apartment? Watch Anderson Cooper's report "100,000 Homes" and learn why housing the chronically homeless could save taxpayer dollars.

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