The City of Ontario, Calif. City Council on Tuesday approved a three-year contract with the city Housing Authority and Mercy House that would ensure services for a homeless prevention program.
The Homeless Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program would assist more than 210 homeless people in the city.
The contract will provide substantial resources to help the city and Mercy House continue their work with the homeless population, said Brent Schultz, Housing and Neighborhood Revitalization Director.
As part of the program, there will be up to $3,000 per household for rental or utility payment assistance, he said. “The real intent of this money is to stop people from getting into homeless and to stopping (homelessness) from occurring,”
Read the story by Liset Marquez, “Ontario council approves help for homeless,” in the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin.
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