S3 Housing Connect

the need for this project was identified after 22 homeless people were found to be living in a uninhabitable building, and had to be relocated after the building was deemed condemned. this situation proved to sanford that resources for the homeless needed to be located and brought to light immediately. the creation of this task force is a grass roots effort initiated by sanford’s mayor, chet mann, and city council members byron buckels and charles taylor. the intent of this initiative is to identify all existing resources in our community and bring those resources together to create a coordinated and comprehensive approach to end homelessness in our community. soon after realizing the need, a consultant from the north carolina coalition to end homelessness was found and a summit to see community interest was held. we then began the process of recruiting volunteers to serve on the task force and received almost 30 responses. some were chosen to serve on the task force, while others we