The City of New Bedford’s Office of Housing & Community Development has released a COVID-19 Edition of its StreetSheet.  This special edition sheet includes important community resources that are especially relevant during the public health crisis.  Information includes resources for shelter access, prevention of homelessness, legal services, housing assistance, food access and where to[ Continue reading. ]

With all that is going on in the word it might be easy to dismiss the importance of registering to vote, especially if you live in a shelter, your car, the woods or at a friend’s house.  Just because someone might be experiencing homelessness doesn’t mean they can’t register to vote and then vote! Your[ Continue reading. ]

The City of New Bedford has conducted its annual “Point In Time” (PIT) count that creates a census of those individuals and families experiencing homelessness within the city, both sheltered (living in emergency or transitional housing) and unsheltered (on the streets/in places not meant for human habitation). Concurrent with that is the development of the[ Continue reading. ]

The City of New Bedford’s Office of Housing & Community Development has released the 2020 StreetSheet! Go to the HSPN Resource Page to access a copy of the sheet in English, Portuguese and Spanish.  Hard copies of the StreetSheets are also available upon request by contacting Jennifer.Clarke@newbedford-ma.gov.  (Copies will be available for distribution once City of[ Continue reading. ]

HUD awards $1.6 million in homeless assistance funding to New Bedford Article originally published in the Standard Times February 11.2020 NEW BEDFORD – The group tasked with combating homelessness in the area has been awarded a grant from the federal Department of Housing & Urban Development under its Continuum of Care program. The Homeless Service[ Continue reading. ]