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Paducah Cooperative Ministry urges 50-bed shelter, says homelessness is a housing shortage
Summary
Paducah Cooperative Ministry executive director Lacey Bowling told the Paducah City Board of Commissioners that local homelessness figures undercount families and students, and urged support for a 50-bed drop-in shelter and broader housing strategies to close a local shortfall of thousands of units.
Lacey Bowling, executive director of Paducah Cooperative Ministry, told the Paducah City Board of Commissioners on June 10 that homelessness in Paducah includes families and schoolchildren not always counted by HUD and urged local leaders to support a 50-bed drop-in shelter and policies to increase affordable housing.
Bowling said school records show 248 Paducah Public Schools students enrolled in McKinney‑Vento services in the 2024–25 school year and that Fresh Start Village, PCM’s transitional shelter, currently houses people who otherwise lack stable housing. “Homelessness is a housing issue,” she said, urging the city to coordinate with nonprofits and developers on affordable units.
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