Warren receives federal stimulus money to help the homeless

WARREN — The city’s homeless or near homeless are among the people who will receive help from federal stimulus money.

Michael Keys, Warren community development director, said $541,184 in stimulus money promised to the city under the Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program is among millions in federal money coming to the city from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

The homeless money is among the first grants the city has received from the stimulus package, approved by Congress and signed by President Barack Obama in February.

The program will pay over the next three years for short-term rental assistance of up to three months or medium-term assistance of four to 18 months, Keys said today.

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