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Plymouth amends welfare guidelines to use HUD median rent metric, clarify shelter assistance for pet owners
Summary
Select Board approved two amendments to town welfare guidelines: switching housing need standards to HUD median gross rent and limiting payment for emergency shelter when a homeless person refuses shelter due to an uncertified pet; the town said it will coordinate with the New Hampshire Humane Society for temporary animal care.
The Plymouth Select Board approved two changes to the town's welfare guidelines intended to clarify housing and emergency shelter standards.
Mary Anne Peabody, the town's Welfare Director, presented the changes and said they respond to more complex and frequent welfare cases. "The town of Plymouth uses the median gross rent hosted by HUD for that given…
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