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Santa Cruz County Launches Online Homeless Dashboard
The dashboard track homelessness and services for the homeless.
SANTA CRUZ, CA — Santa Cruz County has launched an online dashboard where people can find information on housing and homelessness, according to county officials.
The dashboard tracks homelessness data, including information on the use of county-services such as emergency shelter, rapid rehousing, permanent supportive housing and transitional housing.
"Since 1980, the county has added 80,000 people but only 26,000 housing units, leading to increases in housing costs that exacerbate the numbers of people experiencing homelessness throughout the county," county officials said in a news release Thursday.
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The dashboard has links to county programs like mental health services and the Housing for Health Partnership, a coalition of local governments and nonprofit providers focused on reducing homelessness.
It also features an interactive map with information on the more than 1,200 county-funded affordable rental units and the 200 units either in construction or under development.
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County officials said the National Low Income Housing Coalition 2023 "Out of Reach" Report identified Santa Cruz County as the most expensive housing market for renters in the United States.
The dashboard can be accessed by visiting various websites, including santacruzcountyca.gov, housingforhealthpartnership.org, sccvision.us or sccoplanning.org.
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