central florida commission on homelessness

The Central Florida Commission on homelessness is tackling a tough housing market in a bid to place 129 people in permanent homes. Commission CEO Shelley Lauten joins Intersection along with Andrew Williams, who was recently housed after seven years on the streets.

The Central Florida Commission on Homelessness has taken a housing first approach, trying to get families into homes so they can get the services they need. How's that strategy playing out in Seminole County? County Commissioner John Horan and Shelley Lauten and Joel Hunter from the Commission on Homelessness discuss the way forward.

The CEO of the Central Florida Commission on Homelessness has resigned. Andrae Bailey will remain until the end of the year.

There’s a new report critical of how Orange County is spending its money on homelessness. It found that of the $7.7 million Orange County spends on trying to end homelessness, nearly half of that funding may not be keeping people off the streets.

The Central Florida Commission on Homelessness reports that it has essentially ended veteran homelessness in the Orlando metro area. That fulfills a pledge city leaders made last year.

Members of the homeless community, advocates and politicians gathered Tuesday to remember those who died on the streets of Orlando.

A new report finds 1 in 17 children face homelessness in Orange, Osceola and Seminole counties.

Advocates for housing the homeless are asking landlords to step up and help. They need up to 500 rental units just in the next year.

Last week hundreds of volunteers combed central Florida looking for homeless veterans like Robert Stoner. He’s exactly the kind of person hundreds of volunteers were searching for as part of a tri-county push to get homeless veterans off the streets and into housing.

Homeless organizations are getting ready to take a big step in the push to get every veteran in the Orlando area off the streets by the end of the year. It involves enlisting hundreds of volunteers to find and count homeless veterans.