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Residents urge Cobb County to prepare for displacement-driven homelessness and stronger housing code enforcement
Summary
Multiple residents used the public-comment period to urge county action on homelessness after Atlanta cleanups, demand enforcement of livable-housing standards and raise local environmental concerns tied to Braves game travel. The board did not take formal action during public comment.
Several residents at the July 8 Cobb County Board of Commissioners meeting used the public-comment period to press the county on homelessness and housing conditions, warning of displacement from Atlanta cleanups and calling for stronger enforcement of livable-housing standards.
Denny Wilson, who identified himself as "District 4," told commissioners he watched television coverage of an Atlanta cleanup and predicted people displaced there "are gonna come here to Cobb County" and likely…
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