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Sun News: Federal Money That Helps Prevent Homelessness in Cleveland Heights a Challenge to Find

The Sun News profiled a Cleveland Heights resident on the brink of homelessness and described the process of how to receive the money and who is eligible

Since 2009, there have been about 1,700 eviction cases in Cleveland Heights, according to an article that ran Thursday in the Sun News. 

The newspaper profiled one of those Cleveland Heights residents who is now on the brink of homelessness and trying to find out ways to avoid sleeping on the streets or staying in a shelter. 

The city received $715,677 in stimulus money in May 2009 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and according to the article, there is still more than $500,000 left. 

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However, the city is giving back about 80 percent of the remaining dollars to go somewhere else in Cuyahoga County. 

Read the full article in The Sun News to find out why the money is being sent back, and the process that someone facing eviction or homelessness must complete before being granted assistance. 

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