In any given year nearly 15,000 Contra Costa residents are homeless, and the numbers are growing. Safe and affordable housing is a basic right for all citizens of Contra Costa County. The mission of the Homelessness and Affordable Housing Subcommittee is to collaborate with other agencies, particularly the Interfaith Housing Corporation, to work on solutions to providing more safe and affordable housing to those families and individuals who through economic circumstances are unable to obtain housing in today's market in Contra Costa County.
Contact
Mary Fenelon
Future activity
Winter Nights hosting at MDUUC March 28 - April 11, 2011
The Winter Nights Rotating Shelter Program is a project of the Social Justice Alliance of the Interfaith Council of Contra Costa County. It provides a clean, safe and warm facility at night and a daytime services center during winter for homeless families with children and for homeless seniors. The program will serve up to 30 persons at any given time. Congregations throughout central and east Contra Costa provide space, meals, and volunteers. Winter Nights will provide bedding, and Winter Nights professional staff will supervise the shelter 24 hours a day, seven days a week. As the hosting congregation, we will provide site volunteers, meals, and supplies.
