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Homelessness prevention director outlines housing, outreach and funding gaps; public calls for shelter and more housing
Summary
The homelessness prevention office presented an end‑of‑year report showing 200 people housed in the past 10 months, expanded outreach and a list of funding and program needs; council members and public commenters urged more shelter capacity and permanent housing.
The mayor president’s homelessness prevention director, Jessica Lewis, presented a recorded report to the Metro Council on Feb. 12 summarizing 10 months of work on encampment cleanups, outreach, shelter coordination and housing placements.
Lewis told the council the office had “housed 200 homeless individuals and an additional 33 through the regular ERAP program,” revamped a “hot team” response and established reserved shelter beds after 4 p.m. She outlined operational gaps and requests for funding, including continued support for a one‑stop daytime shelter (estimated annual need roughly…
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