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Speakers urge Missoula to avoid shelter closures and stop $50-a-day fines for people living outside
Summary
Public commenters urged the council to preserve local shelters and stop issuing $50-per-day fines to people living outdoors, arguing fines worsen barriers to housing and criminalize survival. Speakers also called for clearer, plain-language agenda materials.
Multiple members of the public used the Aug. 4 Missoula City Council meeting to press the council on homelessness policy and enforcement practices.
Sage Bennett, identifying herself as speaking for herself, urged the council not to close local shelters such as the Johnson Street facility and warned that removing shelter options will leave hundreds…
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