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Residents and service providers urge expanded harm‑reduction and housing supports, cite unsafe housing conditions
Summary
Multiple public commenters on June 3 asked the council to expand harm‑reduction services, protect tenants and address unsafe housing. Speakers highlighted local harm‑reduction work, large laundry and meal volumes from community organizations, and individual housing complaints including bed bugs, mold and eviction.
Several residents and nonprofit leaders used the council’s citizens‑advance period on June 3 to press the city for more harm‑reduction services, housing help and tenant protections, and to describe current local efforts to meet basic needs.
Tiara Standage, executive director of Intricate Minds, told the council the organization provides low‑barrier, wraparound harm‑reduction services including clean needles, fentanyl testing strips, Narcan and wound care kits. “We show up for people exactly as they are,” Standage said, and she described 2025 service totals she said included 440 free haircuts, 880 sack…
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