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Toms River public debate intensifies as mayor outlines DCA-backed hotel placements and housing trust funds for people living in woods
Summary
Residents pressed the township to keep warming centers and support nonprofits for people experiencing homelessness. Mayor Daniel Roderick said the administration is working with the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs to place people temporarily in hotels and cited roughly $3–4 million in immediate funds and about $9 million in a local affordable-housing trust.
Toms River residents urged the township council to preserve warming shelters and other services for people living outdoors as Mayor Daniel Roderick outlined a plan to place some people temporarily in hotels while state and county agencies work to secure permanent housing.
"We support having these Code Blue sites," said Dan Valentine, a lifelong Toms River resident who works with nonprofit providers and Code Blue sites, inviting the mayor and council to visit a local site at Refuge House of Prayer. "Let us help people in need. We care about our homeless neighbors."
Roderick responded that the administration has been coordinating with the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs…
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