Homelessness

WASHINGTON – Today, Representative Josh Harder (CA-9), a member of the powerful House Appropriations Committee, announced that he secured $850,000 for the construction of the Pathways Project, a homeless shelter in Stockton led by St. Mary’s Community Services.

WASHINGTON - Representative Josh Harder recently announced $6 million in funding for three community projects, providing emergency and long-term housing as well as holistic substance-use recovery care in the cities of Manteca and Tracy. These projects will help get more people off the streets and into long-term, stable housing in a where flooding and housing instability have skyrocketed in San Joaquin County.

WASHINGTON – Today, Representative Josh Harder announced that the City of Modesto will receive $1,724,157 in new funds to fight homelessness. The funds will go toward building seven new units of residential housing to move individuals and families experiencing homelessness off the streets and into permanent, affordable housing.

WASHINGTON – Today, Representative Josh Harder announced that $499,581 in funds will be heading to San Joaquin and Stanislaus Counties to fight the homelessness crisis. These funds will be used to maintain emergency shelters, conduct street outreach programs, and rapidly re-house those experiencing homelessness.

WASHINGTON – Today, Representative Josh Harder announced that Modesto's Center for Human Services (CHS) will receive $3,973,353 to build fourteen residential units and provide comprehensive services to homeless and at risk youth. This funding comes from the American Rescue Plan Rep. Harder voted to pass into law last March.

WASHINGTON — Today, Representative Josh Harder (CA-10) is calling for swift action in response to a new audit of the California Department of Housing and Community Development's distribution of $316 million in federal Emergency Solutions Grant program funds to fight homelessness during the COVID-19 pandemic. The audit, released yesterday by California State Auditor Elaine M.

WASHINGTON — In reaction to a stunning new ProPublica report on the average tax rate paid by the wealthiest 25 Americans in recent years, Rep. Josh Harder called on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to do everything in its power to ensure the wealthiest individuals and corporations are paying their fair share. According to the report, the wealthiest 25 Americans paid a true tax rate of just 3.4% from 2014 to 2018.