Some Nashville organizations working to end homelessness are at risk of losing critical funding.

Last month, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, or HUD, made a policy change to significantly cut permanent supportive housing for people experiencing homelessness. Permanent supportive housing is an intervention that combines affordable housing assistance with voluntary support services (such as medical care, substance abuse treatment and employment assistance, among others) to tackle chronic homelessness.

The decision would affect various organizations providing support to nearly 1,000 Nashville residents. That includes organizations like the Mary Parrish Center, which supports victims of interpersonal violence, and the shelter-to-housing program Safe Haven Family Shelter.

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