Nathan Mayberg reports in the Register Star two organizations recently submitted proposals for homeless and transitional housing to the Columbia County Board of Supervisors. Maranatha Human Services of Poughkeepsie made an offer to house the county's homeless for $680,000 per year. A bid submitted by the Mental Health Association of Columbia-Greene Counties, Inc. and the Galvan Foundation came with a price tag of $611,015 per year. Neither plan offers a provision for homeless families; both offer accommodations for single people, only. Maranatha did not identify a location; the MHA-Galvin proposal would locate its facility in a former orphanage and an adjacent garage, located at State and Seventh streets in Hudson. The county's 2012 budget for homeless housing is $490,000. Read the full story in the Register Star.