Aurora city leaders have been debating how best to address homelessness in a city that does not have enough shelter space or affordable housing.
Rausch said first, all those involved started talking to each other. They even got business groups and individual landlords to buy in. In a lot of other communities, she sees silos where agencies, funders and jurisdictions are doing different things to address homelessness but not necessarily in conjunction with one another.
The process of first meeting someone on the street to getting them housed isn’t instant, but it is faster and more efficient with a standard program in place. The key to begin is building trust, Rausch said. But 15 years ago, McCoy was able to get into her own apartment, find a job and get the treatment she needed.
Terri Harris, a formerly homeless woman who received a lease for a one-bedroom in a low-rise complex, prepares a meal at the new home she shares with her daughter Blesit in Houston on May 12, 2022. Harris qualified for what is called rapid rehousing, which gave her one year of rent — one year of grace — to get back on her feet.
“What we’re seeing the most is that we’re in a high-cost, low-vacancy market right now in Aurora, and folks are just getting pushed out and unable to afford to maintain their housing, even if they’re working multiple jobs sometimes if it’s in is a lower wage bracket,” she said.
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