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. ]

The HSPN has completed a review of its actions over the past year focusing on the work it undertook throughout 2019.  A copy of the powerpoint is available here: HSPN ANNUAL SUMMARY.2019

You can now access a copy of New Bedford’s 2019 CoC Consolidated Application! The FINAL COC APPLICATION.2019 along with the APPLICATION ATTACHMENTS are available through these links.  You can also access a copy of the PROJECT PRIORITY LISTING here as well! The CoC Application was reviewed and approved in a unanimous vote by the HSPN Executive Committee[ Continue reading. ]