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Commission on Homelessness urges Allentown council to add dedicated budget line items for unsheltered residents
Summary
A co-chair of the city's Commission on Homelessness told council members during public comment the city should create explicit budget line items for hotel funding, sanitation, laundry services and GIS access to better serve people living unsheltered, and cited two imminent encampment clearings along Jordan Creek.
A co-chair of the Allentown Commission on Homelessness urged the City Council during public comment to add specific line items to the 2026 budget to help people living unsheltered.
The speaker told council that a budget “is more than numbers on a spreadsheet” and argued that line items create “transparency, ensure accountability, and allow the city to measure impact over time.” The commission’s requests included emergency hotel funding for medically vulnerable individuals and families with children or pets, homelessness diversion funds for households at imminent risk, portable restrooms and hand- washing/hydration…
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