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Public commenter urges council to block shelter service cuts that would contradict HUD action plan commitments

5448836 · July 22, 2025
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Summary

A resident told council that the city’s HUD action plan commits to Housing First principles but that planned service reductions at a local shelter would leave unhoused people without 24/7 shelter; she urged council to prevent the changes and align shelter operations with the action plan.

During the consent‑agenda public comment period, Deb Armentar addressed the council about the city’s 2025 HUD HOME and CDBG action plan and a planned reduction in services at a local shelter.

Armentar told council she supports the action plan and its repeated commitment to making homelessness “low, brief, and nonrecurring,” a phrase she said…

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