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Residents urge council to form homelessness task force, repair neighborhood courts and help grandmother seeking child-welfare assistance
Summary
Three residents used the public-comment period to urge formation of a homelessness task force and pilot transitional housing, request repairs to tennis and basketball courts in Northampton, and seek help navigating child-welfare services for two grandchildren; staff said they would follow up.
Three residents used the Sept. 10 public-comment period at the Hampton City Council meeting to make separate appeals for action on homelessness, neighborhood recreation facilities and child-welfare assistance.
Latoya Fleming, who identified herself as a Hampton resident, asked the council to form a homelessness task force and to review a pilot transitional-housing proposal she had emailed to council staff. Fleming said the task force should unite elected leaders, nonprofits, churches and residents to launch a pilot program for transitional housing and support services and to identify areas where the city can reduce strain on emergency services while helping…
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