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Public speakers press Richmond council on homelessness; propose land remediation pilot for affordable housing
Summary
Public commenters urged the council to increase shelter capacity and affordable housing and proposed a two-phase pilot to remediate vacant contaminated land for sustainable affordable housing development.
Several residents used the council's public-comment period to press for more action on homelessness and to propose a city pilot pairing land remediation with affordable housing.
Tony Johnson spoke on behalf of the city’s homeless population, describing recent cold-weather harms and asking the council to expand shelter capacity. "When you leave out here tonight to go home to your homes, you'll probably on my way here, I pass 5 homeless people," Johnson said, adding reports that people experienced frostbite and that at least one person had died during the recent cold snap. He asked…
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