I worked with rapid re-housing programs in Ocean County and Burlington County, NJ. The key is housing stock; you are right. We had housing stock in Burlington and were able to rapidly re-house homeless folks and back them up with social services. Not so much Ocean County where million dollar beach homes are owned by investors or crooks…
I worked with rapid re-housing programs in Ocean County and Burlington County, NJ. The key is housing stock; you are right. We had housing stock in Burlington and were able to rapidly re-house homeless folks and back them up with social services. Not so much Ocean County where million dollar beach homes are owned by investors or crooks (take your pick). The homes are empty as is much of the shore community real estate for 10 months of the year and then rented in the Summer for exorbitant prices. $25,000 a week is common. So, no housing stock. Most of the homeless suffer from mental illness; they need a roof over their heads, medical care, food, treatment and then job training. It works!
I worked with rapid re-housing programs in Ocean County and Burlington County, NJ. The key is housing stock; you are right. We had housing stock in Burlington and were able to rapidly re-house homeless folks and back them up with social services. Not so much Ocean County where million dollar beach homes are owned by investors or crooks (take your pick). The homes are empty as is much of the shore community real estate for 10 months of the year and then rented in the Summer for exorbitant prices. $25,000 a week is common. So, no housing stock. Most of the homeless suffer from mental illness; they need a roof over their heads, medical care, food, treatment and then job training. It works!