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Workshop participants press for a shelter and more housing while weighing location, cost and services

5834629 · August 18, 2025
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At a city leadership workshop, staff presented a 10-year housing budget and participants debated single-site versus distributed shelter models, permanent supportive housing, and regulatory and funding approaches to increase affordable housing supply.

At a multi‑hour workshop, staff presented a 10‑year housing planning frame and participants discussed how to translate that into shelters, permanent supportive housing and increased housing supply. Staff laid out a $110,000,000 planning figure for housing over a 10‑year window; participants used that figure to explore tensions, trade‑offs and opportunities.

The discussion centered on two practical choices: whether to concentrate resources in one comprehensive low‑ or no‑barrier shelter that bundles services, or to distribute smaller shelters and supports across multiple sites. Several…

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