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Homeless — Where Your Money Goes Part V: The High Costs of Extravagant Cruelty

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As California politicians declare their commitment to dealing with homelessness, they should also acknowledge that it originates in the state’s chronic shortage of housing that shows no signs of abating. Dan Walters, 23 January, 2023

According to Lauren Lowry, Director for Housing and Community Development at the National League of Cities, “chronic homelessness costs the public roughly $30,000 to $50,000 per unhoused individual each year.”

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Stanislaus Is Getting Housing for Homeless People Struggling with Mental Illness

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Stanislaus County supervisors approved a funding agreement Tuesday to provide 38 permanent supportive housing units for people struggling with mental illness, substance use and homelessness.

The project, estimated at $10.8 million, is inspired by the “Housing First” concept that stable housing is essential before people can be treated effectively for mental illness or substance use disorder.

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A Group of Strangers Helped Count Modesto’s Homeless. Here’s What It Found

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Four strangers hopped into a silver Chevy Trailblazer at 8 a.m. Thursday and headed west. Their destination was a strip mall off North Carpenter Road and Highway 132.

Tiffany Ornells sat shotgun, wearing a blue coat, gloves and sunglasses. She was ready to spend hours walking in the cold. Sitting in the back seats, Matt Orante and Linnea Worthy bonded over their dogs.

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Evictions Are Back up in Stanislaus County, After Two Years of a Pandemic Lull

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After a significant drop in 2020 and 2021, the number of individuals facing eviction this year has returned to pre-pandemic levels.

In 2018 and 2019, Stanislaus Superior Court processed more than 3,636 eviction cases. The next two years, characterized by the COVID-19 pandemic, saw 1,654 evictions – fewer than half as many.

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Modesto-Area Homeless Count Needs 250 Volunteers to Help with Next One in Late January

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Organizers of the annual count of homeless people in Stanislaus County and its nine cities are looking for 250 volunteers to help with the latest effort, which takes place Jan. 26.

Volunteers will undergo training and work with members of the county’s homeless outreach and engagement team in having homeless people complete surveys. Volunteers also will hand care packages to the people they survey.

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Seniors Helping Seniors

A group of Covenant Living of Turlock residents volunteered their time on Tuesday afternoon to make care packages for area

Interactive Map Shows Home Values in Stanislaus, Southern San Joaquin County ZIP Codes

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New data from national real estate firm Zillow shows how much homes are worth in nearly every community between Manteca and Merced.

The interactive map below has the average home value for most ZIP codes in the Modesto region, including Manteca, Turlock, Riverbank and Ceres. The map also has fresh data for Tracy, Los Banos and parts of Merced County.

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Homeless Man Tragically Killed Crossing Street Had Gotten Clean, Was Turning Life Around

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MODESTO, Calif. — A man experiencing homelessness in Modesto was tragically killed while crossing McHenry Avenue. It came at a time when his family says he was turning his life around after battles with mental health and drug addition.

To his family, he always was and will always be the little brother.

“He was always laughing, always joking,” said Nicole Fox, Hadley’s sister. ”He was just that little brother, you know?”

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Turlock Has $15 Million for Affordable Housing. Why Isn’t the City Spending the Money?

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Turlock needs more housing. In 2015, as part of a state-mandated process, the city set out to build 3,618 units by the end of 2023 to keep up with demand. Nearly 40% of those new units were meant to be affordable.

But Turlock has struggled to meet those affordable housing goals for years, and now the City Council is divided on how to solve the problem.

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His Way Recovery House May Operate Homeless Shelter

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His Way Recovery House — a nonprofit with a successful history in Manteca of helping people deal with substance abuse — is poised to take over the city’s emergency homeless shelter on Sept. 1.

The City Council when they meet Monday, Aug. 29, at 5 p.m. is being asked to approve a $777,616 agreement for His Way Recovery to operate the shelter through June 30, 2023.

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Interactive Map Shows How Much Home Values Are Rising in Every Stanislaus County Community

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Home sale prices are dropping throughout much of California. Stanislaus County, so far, is one of the exceptions.

The median home value in the Modesto region is up around 7% this year, according to fresh data from Zillow.

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