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The Vista City Council this week turned down a request for $5 million from the housing nonprofit Solutions for Change, saying it had not been given enough time to consider the request, and the amount being sought would use nearly all the city’s affordable housing funds. Solutions for Change hopes to build a a 33-unit, low-income housing complex on East Vista Way, along with a new intake and access center for families in its program. It asked the city to commit the money by Feb. 28 to enable it to compete for a county grant application due on March 1. “Solutions has a unique opportunity to...

Two cities tried to fix homelessness, only one succeeded Housing First is considered a best practice for addressing homelessness, but where one city succeeded, another still struggles. A surge in pandemic homeless aid will help, but experts say only with strategic planning. Audrey Jensen, Jill Ryan, Chloe Jones and Madeline Ackley Howard Center for Investigative Journalism HOUSTON — Nearly a decade ago, two U.S. cities with large homeless populations tried to solve their problem by adopting a strategy that prioritized giving people housing and help over temporary shelter. But Houston and S...