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League urges caution on changes to municipal mitigation fund and backs compensation for shelter cities
Summary
League staff recommended opposing proposals that would reduce or reallocate municipal contributions to the homelessness mitigation fund until the statewide system rebalances. Representatives from shelter cities urged protecting current mitigation funding to offset local public‑safety and service costs.
League staff outlined a recommended approach to homelessness legislation and urged caution on proposals that would alter municipal contributions to the statewide mitigation fund while the system undergoes major changes.
Molly (League staff) told members a major statewide expansion in shelter capacity is coming, including a central campus that could nearly double statewide bed capacity. League staff said the mitigation fund had a roughly $10 million deficit for shelter cities before recent new shelters went online and that the League board adopted principles to guide the League’s engagement in…
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