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Advocates press committee to fund right‑to‑counsel, impacted‑tenants and winter shelter services
Summary
Multiple witnesses urged the committee to provide recurring funding for tenant legal assistance, the impacted‑tenants fund, emergency shelter and winter outreach; speakers cited thousands of eviction filings and shelter turn‑aways.
A string of witnesses asked the Budget Committee to dedicate recurring local funds to housing stability and homelessness services, saying short‑term grants have proven insufficient to meet demand for evictions prevention, emergency shelter, and tenant supports.
“Right to counsel has already provided critical legal assistance to 721 individuals and the need is far greater given that approximately 5,000 evictions occurred in St. Louis last year,” said Alvania Creighton, urging a fully funded program. Multiple speakers…
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