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Residents press council on homelessness and proposed developments; council posts regional homeless study online
Summary
Speakers asked the council for clearer plans on homelessness and fairness for small local developers; Councilman Long said the regional homeless study is complete and was posted to the city's website the night of the meeting.
Several residents and advocates urged Newport News City Council on May 13 to take more transparent, accelerated action on homelessness and to clarify developer support policies, particularly for off‑site improvements.
At the start of public comment, Vicki Siakas Freeman, a local business owner, asked council to treat small, local developers equitably when considering support for off‑site improvements, saying her family's project had been denied assistance while larger, out‑of‑area developers had received financial support. Freeman said work already underway on off‑site improvements…
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