Housing In North Dakota a Question Our Communities Need to Solve

(North Dakota News Cooperative via the North Dakota Monitor)

(North Dakota Monitor) – A newly reorganized North Dakota Interagency Council on Homelessness could have an early crisis on its hands because of significant changes to federal homelessness funding.

A Nov. 13 directive issued by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development signaled a funding shift away from long-term permanent housing solutions toward shelters and transitional housing.

For the YWCA of Cass-Clay, which assists women and children suffering homelessness – often because they were victims of abuse, the loss of federal funding could be drastic for some of its housing programs.

The YWCA received HUD grants issued through the state’s Continuum of Care arm annually since 1989. It currently has three – one transitional housing, one permanent and one specifically focused on domestic violence.

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