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Residents press Garner council for full‑time affordable‑housing staff; task force resumes work
Summary
Public commenters urged council to create a full‑time affordable housing staff position. The town’s affordable housing task force reconvened, formed subcommittees and plans to return recommendations; a council member said he would place a housing‑position item on the Oct. 21 agenda.
Speakers during the petitions and comments period urged Garner’s council to act on affordable housing, and council members said the town’s newly reconvened affordable housing task force is working toward recommendations.
Katie Danaherdekarthanas (spelled as in the meeting record), a resident and former member of Garner’s affordable housing task force, told council she spent seven months on the task force and later was disappointed when the council declined to add a full‑time affordable housing staff position to the budget. She said she now serves with local housing providers and invited council to…
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