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Chapter 6: Housing and Shelter Other uncertainties for housing and homeless programs abound, including: • No growth or declines in CDBG and HOME; - • Cuts to Section 8 vouchers and certificates: • Cumulative effects of conversion of private sector rental units to market-rate housing; • Cumulative effects of no new affordable public housing unit construction in nearly a - generation; • Potential termination of project-based Section 8 housing subsidies, and its local impact around Alameda County; - • Substantial uncertainties about the details of block granting of McKinney Homeless Assistance Act program funds, with possible significant reductions in funding for jurisdictions which have had competitive success under past funding methods; • Uncertain prospects for future housing development resources under McKinney block granting; and, • California Tax Credit Allocation Committee changes that have resulted in less tax credit funding for Bay Area housing developments. The Alameda County Continuum of Care Plan seeks to confront the swelling ranks of homeless people and families with a strong commitment to marshal all of our forces, to make every possible effort to meet the need, to preventing new waves of homelessness, and to _ ensure along-term increase in the supply of affordable housing throughout the county. Recommendations Housing/Transitional Housing/Shelter recommendations are grouped under the following topics: - • Prevention Activities and Short-Term Rental Assistance • Shelter • Transitional Housing • Permanent Affordable Housing • Permanent Supported Housing • Neighborhood and Community Alameda County-Wide Homeless Continuum of Care Plan: April 1997 76