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Residents, service providers urge council to table proposed amendment to Section 541.05 affecting people who are unhoused
Summary
Members of Chillicothe City Council heard extended public comment opposing a proposed amendment to Section 541.05 of the city’s codified ordinances that speakers said could criminalize people who are unhoused and shift burdens onto already vulnerable residents.
Members of Chillicothe City Council heard extended public comment opposing a proposed amendment to Section 541.05 of the city’s codified ordinances that speakers said could criminalize people who are unhoused and shift burdens onto already vulnerable residents.
The most detailed statement was delivered by Mercedes Gulley, a social work student at Ohio University in Chillicothe, reading a letter from Dr. Stacy Saunders Adams. Gulley quoted Adams: “This amendment would not only target those who are unhoused, but it would also shift an impossible burden onto them, forcing people to prove their homelessness and an inability to use existing resources.” Gulley identified Adams as a social worker and Chillicothe resident.
The letter and several public…
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