The True North Organizing Network of Eureka hosted a Town Hall on Housing, last Tuesday at the Veterans Hall, in Crescent City. About 60 folks showed up to learn updates on housing the homeless in Del Norte.At the panel table included members the Board of Supervisors, Department of Health and Human Services staff and the Del Norte Sheriff’s Office.#placement_573654_0_i{width:100%;max-width:550px;margin:0 auto;}var rnd = window.rnd || Math.floor(Math.random()*10e6);var pid573654 = window.pid573654 || rnd;var plc573654 = window.plc573654 || 0;var abkw = window.abkw || '';var absrc = 'https://ads.empowerlocal.co/adserve/;ID=181918;size=0x0;setID=573654;type=js;sw='+screen.width+';sh='+screen.height+';spr='+window.devicePixelRatio+';kw='+abkw+';pid='+pid573654+';place='+(plc573654++)+';rnd='+rnd+';click=CLICK_MACRO_PLACEHOLDER';var _absrc = absrc.split("type=js"); absrc = _absrc[0] + 'type=js;referrer=' + encodeURIComponent(document.location.href) + _absrc[1];document.write(''); The first Agenda item called for an update on the County-owned Legacy, now established as Permanent Supportive Housing(PSH). The Legacy, formally the Coastal Inn and Suites located through the spine of Crescent City, between the 101s. The property was transferred from private to County ownership through a $2.4 million State grant called Project Home Key, three years back. The Legacy was originally established as emergency / temporary housing ONLY but for reasons unknown has been assigned as permanent housing, with costs for remodeling derived from other non-private sources.The Encampment Resolution Funding(ERF) is the support for the $10.8 million MicroVillage 60 bed long term housing offered on Williams Drive. The MicroVillage is scheduled for completion in June, 2026.The audience was attentive and supportive with questions and declarations of support for Del Norte Mission Possible, developers / management of the project. One questioner brought to the panel of agencies attending, the Housing First model has shown poor progress in integrating transitional success with compromised housing needs over a decade. A Los Angeles study, over the ten year period, showed a 95 percent client return to the streets for those who completed the program. The speaker asked Mission Possible staff how it will track those individuals who’ve completed the program. Response from Mission Possible said it would track clients for one year (12 months).The State has spent $24 billion on addressing systemic homelessness, with much of the funding unaccounted for.Systemic homelessness in the United States with California hosting most of those in need, has increased from 37 percent to 50 percent nation-wide in some Homeless categories this last year, according to the Homeless Policy Research Institute. googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('ad-1515727'); });