Here’s everything Philly loses if the government shutdown keeps going
Local programs that receive HUD funding are struggling, too. Like Pathways to Housing PA, which was supposed to re-up its $3.4 million federal contribution this month — until the shutdown hit.
“The reality is setting in that we need to start putting emergency plans in place,” said Christine Simiriglia, Pathways’ president and CEO.
For the Philly-based organization, that missing HUD money normally pays for 133 affordable housing units. Without it, Simiriglia said the nonprofit has been dipping into its savings — a practice that isn’t sustainable in the long-term.
She estimates Pathways can keep going like this for at most another four months.
“We’re probably going to be OK,” Simiriglia said. “We’re at a size where we have a little money in the bank, a little credit.”
“But a lot of smaller organizations, they’re not going to be OK,” she added. “They don’t have the line of credit. They’re not going to be able to pay people’s rent.”
