6 Quotes by Joanne Callahan

Certainly HUD's decision will relieve housing issues, but that's going to be between the individual evacuees and HUD. It won't have anything to do with the county or with our agency's work. Our agency's work is done.

If it looks like a storm is going to come in, as a disaster task force, we should get prepared.

KDHAP is for people who have been in public housing. If they are qualified, we will help them find a place for up to 18 months. ... Their KDHAP voucher is good anywhere in the U.S.

I understand why the libraries are doing it, but I do believe that it is discriminatory. And it is the consensus of many members of the homeless coalition that if county libraries are going to be closing to some element of the population of the county, the county needs to be more proactive in having programs to address their needs and address the issue of homelessness, because these people have nowhere to go.

That sort of emergency doesn't present a power issue. That is an isolation issue.

It's an extremely competitive grant. We're really excited because now we have our foot in the door.