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Shelter leaders urge Oakland County to invest surplus in housing and homeless services
Summary
Nonprofit leaders and shelter staff urged the board to use the county's reported $291 million surplus to expand shelter capacity, raise frontline pay, and seed a housing trust fund; speakers requested specific allocations, including $10 million for affordable housing and $1 million to several local shelters.
During the second public comment period on Aug. 14, leaders and staff from local homelessness service providers asked the Oakland County Board of Commissioners to invest a portion of the county surplus in shelter operations, staffing and long-term affordable housing.
Speakers included Elizabeth Kelly, interim executive director at Hope Shelters, Taylor Eberhardt, director of…
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