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Residents urge county action as GEMA hotel program ends and senior housing grants lapse
Summary
Residents told commissioners that a GEMA housing program that placed storm-displaced families in hotels ends Sept. 29, leaving dozens of families without housing and straining local programs; speakers urged the board to work with partners to expand workforce and affordable housing.
Two residents used the public-comment period to press the Lowndes County Board of Commissioners on an emerging housing crisis after Hurricane Helene.
India Bell said her mother, a resident of Ashton Meadows, lost a senior-housing grant and now faces paying a balance on a fixed income; she asked whether county resources or referrals…
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