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Liberty Lake Council hears countywide ‘treatment-first’ homelessness MOU; questions focus on accountability and facilities
Summary
A regional team urged Liberty Lake to sign a draft memorandum of understanding that would prioritize treatment and enforcement standards over ‘housing-first’ approaches; presenters said the MOU could help attract federal support, while councilmembers pressed for details about accountability, facilities and how cities could rescind support if policies diverged.
A regional coalition seeking a new approach to homelessness presented a draft memorandum of understanding to the Liberty Lake City Council on Nov. 18, pressing local cities to adopt a “treatment-first” model that, presenters said, emphasizes accountability and could prioritize jurisdictions for federal funding.
Chad Wendell, executive director of the Hutton Settlement, introduced the draft as a collaborative, non-binding MOU that would signal municipalities’ willingness to align with recent federal guidance. “What we’re looking at is the executive order from President Trump…doing what we do at Hutton, and that’s flipping the philosophy of going housing first to treatment first,” Wendell said during…
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