With federal funds in limbo, the City of Charlottesville approves stopgap funding to keep previously unhoused community members in their homes

With federal funds in limbo, the City of Charlottesville approves stopgap funding to keep previously unhoused community members in their homes

The City of Charlottesville has stepped in to fill a funding gap for an essential housing program for community members who were once chronically homeless. A lapse in funding could have sent them back to the streets. Monday night, Charlottesville City Council voted unanimously to reallocate $234,000 in funds it originally set aside for low-barrier shelter operations, to Region Ten’s permanent supportive housing program. That amount fully covers …