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Residents urge Norfolk leaders to fund Housing Trust Fund, eviction-prevention and invest in Ocean View infrastructure
Summary
Multiple residents and neighborhood leaders asked the City Council to allocate $3 million to the Housing Trust Fund and $1 million to eviction-prevention, and Ocean View civic leaders urged investment in crosswalks, sidewalks and storm drainage to support tourism and neighborhood safety.
Several residents and neighborhood civic leaders used the public-comment period at the Norfolk City Council meeting to press elected officials for more funding and local engagement on housing stability, eviction prevention, and Ocean View infrastructure.
Speakers representing neighborhood civic leagues, tenants and community organizers asked council to allocate $3,000,000 to the Norfolk Housing Trust Fund and $1,000,000 to the city—s eviction prevention program. They said the city faces an ongoing affordable-housing shortage, that the eviction-prevention portal has been offline since August, and that existing assistance capped at $5,000 per family is insufficient…
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