2022. WHY YOUR VOTE THIS TIME MATTERS MORE THEN EVER.
>>GOOD
EVENING AND THANK YOU FOR
JOINING US, I’M JOHN CARLIN AND
I’M RACHEL LUCAS IT’S A PROBLEM
IN PLAIN SIGHT CITIES ACROSS
THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING ROANOKE
ARE DEALING WITH THE GROWING
NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ARE
HOMELESS THE DATA SHOWS MORE
PEOPLE ARE CHOOSING TO SLEEP
OUTSIDE IN CARS OR OTHER PLACES
IN ORDER TO
AVOID SHELTERS, 10 NEWS
REPORTER SYDNEY.
JACKS IMERYS WORKING FOR YOU TO
TAKE A LOOK AT HOW SOME
ORGANIZATIONS ARE TRYING TO
BRIDGE THE GAP.
>>WE’RE NUMBERS TO CONTINUE.
>>THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE GOING TO SEEK SHELTER AT PLACES LIKE THE RESCUE MISSION AND RAM HOUSE
ARE ON
THE RISE.
ANOTHER NUMBER
TRENDING UP PEOPLE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS WHO ARE
CONSIDERED UNSHELTERED THE
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN
DEVELOPMENT
DEFINES UNSHELTERED AS A PERSON
WHO SLEEPS IN A PLACE NOT MEANT
FOR
HUMAN HABITATION LIKE OUTSIDE
IN A TENT UNDER A BRIDGE OR IN
A CAR.
A CAR. >>THE VOLUME OF PEOPLE THAT WERE SEEN STAYING OUTSIDE RIGHT
NOW
IT’S A CHALLENGE I MEAN WE
ALL SEE IT ON THE COMMUNITY THE
NUMBER OF PEOPLE SLEEPING
OUTSIDE NEARLY TRIPLED IN THE
MATTER OF
6 MONTHS.
>>THIS YEAR FROM THE JANUARY TO
JULY POINT IN TIME COUNT.
IT WENT
FROM 38 TO 91 THE COUNT BEFORE
THAT IN JANUARY 2021 WAS ONLY
12.
CRUICKSHANK WITH THE CITY’S
HOMELESS ASSISTANCE TEAM SAYS
91 IS THE HIGH HE’S NUMBER
THEY’D.
>>REALLY WHAT WE’VE SEEN OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS IS JUST A
SHIFT FROM FOLKS IN SHELTER TO SAY OUTSIDE CRUICKSHANK SAYS HE ATTRIBUTES
THE INCREASE TO A NUMBER OF
RECENT CHANGES.
>>LIKE THE EVICTION MORATORIUM
ENDING
INFLATION AND THE LACK OF
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
>>SOME OTHER MAJOR CHANGES
INCLUDE THE CLOSING OF HOTELS
LIKE THE RIM ON AND THE DAYS
INN.
>>WHICH IS WHERE PEOPLE WHO ARE
UNSHELTERED TO FIND REFUGE AT
NIGHT.
>>WE WANTED TO DO MORE AS WE SAW THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE SLEEPING OUTSIDE
GOING HIGHER AND HIGHER WE KNEW
THAT WE HAD A ROLE TO PLAY IN
MAKING SURE THAT NUMBER GOES
DOWN.
>>THE RESCUE MISSIONS FREELAND
FREE CLINIC BE CANNON A NEW
KIND OF SERVICE
THIS YEAR, MEDICAL STREET
OUTREACH BRINGING MEDICAL
PROVIDERS IN SUPPLIES
TO ENCAMPMENTS.
>>WE CAN ENSURE THAT WE NOT
ONLY REACH PEOPLE.
BUT WE ALSO GIVE THEM
CRITICAL CARE THAT IF IT GOES
UNTREATED, IT CAN GET
WAY WORSE.
>>OFFICIALS LIKE KEVIN BERRY
WITH THE RESCUE MISSION SAY
THIS IN TURN COULD LEAD TO
GETTING PEOPLE OFF THE STREETS
AND IN
THE SHELTER AND POTENTIALLY
CONNECTED WITH HERMAN
AND HOUSING WHICH IS WHAT RAHM
HOUSE HELPS WITH.
>>WE MAKE IT
A PRIORITY TO HOUSE, THOSE
PEOPLE AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN.
>>7 PEOPLE WHO WERE ON
THE STREETS BETWEEN THE MONTHS
OF JANUARY
IN JUNE.
WELL THIS KIND OF ASSISTANCE
SEEMS TO BE WORKING.
ALSO LOOKING AT NEW
WAYS TO ADDRESS THE COMPLICATED
PROBLEM OF HOMELESSNESS IN THE
STAR CITY.
THAT’S WHERE KEY POLLEN
COMES IN.
HE OVERSEES THE CITY’S
COMMUNITY RESOURCES DIVISION OF
HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT.
HOLLANDE’S OFFICE HANDLES THE MONEY THE CITY RECEIVES FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
RIGHT NOW THERE’S
MILLION OF AMERICAN RESCUE
PLAN FUNDING WAITING TO BE
SPENT ON THE
HOMELESS POPULATION BUT BEFORE
MAKING ANY DECISIONS ON HOW THE
MILLIONS WILL BE SPENT THE CITY
WANTS TO HEAR FROM YOU THROUGH
THEIR HOUSING NEEDS SURVEY.
>>AND WE’RE TRYING TO GET
INPUT
ON WHAT THE NEED IS IN OUR
COMMUNITY FOR FORMAL HEALTHY.
AND PARTICULARLY TO ADDRESS.
THE ISSUE OF HOMELESSNESS WHAT
ARE SOME OF THE POSSIBILITIES.
>>ON ON CONGRESS SHELTERING FOR THE HOMELESS. WRAPAROUND SERVICES.
FOR WILL
HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.
>>IN ADDITION TO THE SURVEY
THERE WILL BE A PUBLIC INPUT
FORUM NEXT WEEK FOR PEOPLE TO
SHARE THEIR IDEAS.
WE’LL BE DRAFTED AND SENT TO
CITY COUNCIL TO BE
VOTED ON.
HOLLAND SAYS THEY HOPE TO HAVE
A PLAN READY FOR APPROVAL BY
NEXT YEAR UNTIL THEN
SERVICE PROVIDERS WILL CONTINUE
PUSHING THROUGH TIGHTENING
BUDGETS IN A RISING DEMAND
IN NEED.
WHILE THE UPCOMING JANUARY
POINT IN TIME COUNT.
>>LOOMS IN THE DISTANCE.
I THINK.
>>DEFINITELY IT WILL HAVE AN