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Residents press Portsmouth council on shelter timeline and gift-card program value
Summary
During public comment, resident advocates urged the council to expand shelter capacity and accelerate a permanent shelter timeline; another speaker raised concerns about the practical redeemable value of recently distributed $100 gift cards and urged the city to address usability issues.
Two residents used the public-comment period to press the council on pressing social needs.
GW Thompson III, a volunteer with Portsmouth Volunteers for the Homeless, urged council to expand shelter capacity and asked whether the city has a timeline for construction of a permanent shelter. Thompson said existing emergency and…
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