March 9, 2009
Loss of subsidy hasn’t had dramatic impact on sex offender homelessness
Concerns that a 60-day cap on a state housing subsidy for paroled sex offenders would cause a dramatic increase in homeless sexual criminals have proven unfounded, corrections officials say.
Back before the housing funds were capped earlier this year, an average of 3.5 percent of the Shasta County's 130 paroled sex offenders were homeless at any given time, said David Nichols, the administrator of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation's northern division.
Since the cap, seven offenders - or about 5 percent of the county's sex offender population - have registered as transients, he said…
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