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DeKalb committee defers Housing First homelessness plan; seeks budget, timeline and partners
Summary
PECS deferred action on resolution 2024-1273 to develop a countywide Housing First unhoused plan. Commissioners requested budget estimates, a revised timeline and coordination with the Continuum of Care and other providers; staff said they would return in two weeks.
The DeKalb County Planning, Economic Development and Community Services Committee deferred consideration of resolution 2024-1273, which would establish a county plan to address homelessness grounded in the Housing First model, and asked staff to return with additional budget estimates, an updated timeline and identified partners.
Bobby Van Vadimir (presenter) summarized the Housing First approach as a systems model that pairs immediate housing with wraparound supports and noted that the county’s existing Continuum of Care (CoC) coordinates HUD funding for…
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