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Ithaca council adopts updated encampment-management policy and endorses navigation hub pilot
Summary
The Common Council voted 9–2 to adopt an updated pilot administrative policy to manage homeless encampments on city property and accept an advisory committee report that calls for a navigation hub and phased capital and operating funding.
The Ithaca City Common Council voted 9–2 on April 16 to adopt an updated pilot administrative policy for managing homeless encampments on city property and to accept an advisory committee report that recommends creating a navigation hub to connect people to services.
The resolution, moved by Alderperson Letterman and seconded by Alderperson Kumar, passed after extended debate over costs, staffing and how the proposed hub would serve people beyond those living in city encampments. Alderpersons Brown and Fabrizio were recorded as voting no under council rules; the clerk recorded the outcome as 9 in favor and 2 no votes.
The advisory report endorsed by the council recommends a navigation hub that would provide a safe indoor space for transitions to and from encampment sites and serve others experiencing housing instability. The report says the hub “should be open to all people…
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