[Mpls] CCHT, Peace House

[steven meldahl]

Unfortunately, CCHT and other non profits are not required under current state law to disclose where they get all of their money or where it goes.  Until the law is changed, they will continue to operate in secrecy.   As far as vacancies that CCHT has had, we can only surmise based on talks with former residents in their buildings.  In January, the Hennepin County board  and HUD was notified of the extensive vacancies in CCHT buildings and other non profit buildings.  At the time, the County affiliated shelters were full as well as the auxiliary shelters.  The Hennepin County board requested that the non profits including CCHT disclose their vacancy rate to them immediately.    Guess what - it took the nonprofits, including CCHT,  until last week (3 months!) to get this information to them.  Hoe hard can this information be to supply???   They reported that as of last week that their vacancy rate was now in the 3 to 5% range - basically half of that in the private sector.  But guess what - the County  auxiliary shelters are  empty and the regular shelters are substantially empty now.  Gee, I wonder where  these people went?  DUH !!!!!!!   Steve Meldahl 3rd ward (work)