The Sun-Gazette | Tulare Homeless Solutions

Excerpt from The Sun-Gazette by Reggie Ellis.
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“The city of Tulare hasn’t solved its homeless problem, but they may have taken a large step toward solving its unsheltered homeless problem.

At its Aug. 4 meeting, the Tulare City Council approved a plan to spend $500,000 in housing funds to erect a 76-bed emergency shelter and directed staff to seek funding to place 15 pre-fabricated housing units in the downtown area.

Dave Clevenger, CEO of Lighthouse Rescue Mission in Tulare, said the two projects could help house 100% of its homeless by January 2021. There are 199 homeless in the city of Tulare as of January, when the Point In Time survey is conducted by the Kings-Tulare Homeless Alliance each year. Nearly three-quarters of the homeless in Kings and Tulare County are unsheltered. Tulare currently has 63 shelter beds between various agencies, leaving the city about 136 beds short of sheltering all of its resident homeless. Between the 76-bed emergency shelter and the 15 pre-fabricated housing units that can each house four people, Clevenger said the city could house 100% of its homeless by January…”