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Council refers CCR on homelessness strategy; public commenters urge daily work program
Summary
A CCR from District 2 aligning homelessness and long-term housing strategy was presented and referred to committee. Public commenters urged lowering barriers to shelter access and piloting a daily work program to build trust and move participants into housing; councilmembers supported pursuing program design in parallel with long-term planning.
City staff presented a CCR submitted by District 2 to align a CCR with the city's long-term housing strategy and to request a cost-benefit analysis of pathways that reduce barriers to shelter and increase support for housing transitions.
Michael Carmona, director of Housing Strategies, described the CCR as part of a longer-term plan to assess capacity, gaps and incentives for shelter and housing services and recommended the council refer the CCR to the community development…
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