A safe place to park
Jan 25, 2024

A safe place to park

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In an effort to keep folks out of long-term homelessness, House lawmakers want to fund overnight parking spaces for people living in their vehicles.

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Safe parking programs are difficult to fund, but sorely needed

Jan 25, 2024
Lawmakers will unveil bipartisan legislation on Thursday that would give federal dollars to overnight parking programs for people living in their vehicles.
A man prepares to sleep in a Safe Parking LA location in 2019. On Thursday, new legislation will be announced that would put federal dollars toward safe parking programs nationwide.
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