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Council sends proposed ordinance on unsheltered homelessness to committee of the whole after floor dispute
Allentown City Council · October 15, 2025
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Summary
Sponsor forwarded Bill 83 — an ordinance establishing city procedures for responding to unsheltered homeless encampments — to a committee of the whole, prompting a councilmember to allege political manipulation and ask that it instead go to Parks and Recreation for detailed review.
Councilmember(s) introduced Bill 83, described in the ordinance text as "protecting public health and safety, reducing the harms experienced by unsheltered homeless residents, and creating procedures relating to city responses to people who are homeless living outdoors." The sponsor said…
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