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NAACP and residents urge Gastonia to act on student homelessness
Summary
Three public speakers — Diana Graham (NAACP vice president), Sean Bates (NAACP president) and Sierra Hall (advocate with lived experience) — urged the Gastonia City Council to prioritize affordable housing, rapid rehousing and stronger social‑safety nets for families with school‑age children during the Oct. 21 public‑expression period.
Several residents and NAACP leaders used the City Council’s public‑expression period on Oct. 21 to press elected officials for immediate action on student homelessness, describing children who do homework in cars and families living in motels or doubled up with friends.
Diana Graham, vice president of the Gastonia NAACP branch, told the council student homelessness is “an urgent issue that weighs heavily on the community” and urged the council to prioritize the creation of affordable housing and to revisit sales or dispositions of city lots that carry high price tags she said are not…
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