In May, we told you about a transitional housing program that lost all of its federal funding. At House of Refuge in Phoenix's Sunnyslope neighborhood— a place where homeless families could regroup and learn life skills— Housing and Urban Development (HUD) funds helped support 66 families living there.
But time is running out for some of those families.
While most families have since found other housing, there are still about a dozen families left— made up of mostly single mothers with two or three children— who have nowhere else to go.
House of Refuge Director Nancy Marion says the remaining families have until July 31 to find a home. "We have found funding to fill that hole from February until July. But right now we don’t have that funding, that funding is gone," she said. "So if we could find additional funding, most definitely, we would keep these families housed."
Many of these remaining families don’t have the necessary credit history or the finances to find a place to live, Marion said.
Still, House of Refuge will not be shutting its doors completely just yet, she said. Some families are covered though other funding sources, meaning they were not affected by the HUD cuts.
Marion plans to continue her efforts to obtain funds in hopes of providing housing to homeless families in the future.
