Sen. Murray hears from county homelessness assistance providers

EVERETT — Five years ago, Theresa Jones was living in a motel room with her three daughters.

Her daughters weren’t going to school regularly, and Jones was developing health issues because of the poor conditions her family was living in.

Now, Jones and her daughters live in a transitional housing unit provided by Housing Hope, a Snohomish County nonprofit that provides affordable housing. Jones is pursuing an associate degree in family and social services, homeschooling one of her children, working a part-time job and helping to facilitate a group for families in recovery.

But with nearly $17 million in federal homelessness assistance funding for Snohomish County up in the air, Jones is at risk of losing her transitional housing unit — and the progress she’s made over the past five years.

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