DETROIT (Michigan News Source) – The city of Detroit is going to use $26.6 million of COVID-19 federal relief money to address homelessness.

The money comes from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA).

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The city will spend $16 million of it on building up to 250 units available to “chronically homeless households.” Another $3 million will be spent on support services, including case management workers and mental health, transportation and life skills training. There will be $3 million spent on creating a structure to hold non-congregate sleeping space, meaning separate living quarters. Another $3.1 million will go to administration costs.

There were 1,725 people who were homeless in Detroit, Hamtramck and Highland Park on Jan. 31, 2024. That’s the day the homeless count was held in the “point in time” surveys that are done around the country. The city of Detroit says there are 7,811 households that are homeless in the city every year.