Displaced Tenants Pick Up Checks, But Many Have Nowhere to Go

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Kimberley Walley, displaced by fire, worries about what’s next for her. Photo by Laura Waxmann/Mission Local

By Laura Waxmann, Mission Local

Community efforts raised $140,000 to help 67 individuals displaced by a five-alarm fire at 29th and Mission streets last month get back on their feet.

The Mission Economic Development Agency dispersed some of that money Friday night at the Salvation Army Community Center at 1156 Valencia St. near 23rd St.

Most of those picking up their checks are still without permanent housing and expressed serious concerns about the city’s efforts to relocate them.

Read the complete story at Mission Local.

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