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OpenTable Nashville presents interim housing strategies; working group recommends low-barrier options and use of faith lands
Summary
OpenTable Nashville presented recommendations from a 10-week working group and a survey of 248 people with lived experience, urging interim strategies (tiny-home communities, safe parking, motel conversions, low-barrier dispersed shelters) while continuing to pursue permanent supportive housing.
Ali Wallace, executive director of OpenTable Nashville, presented an interim housing strategy report synthesizing 10 weeks of work by a 16-person working group with HUD technical assistance and participation from OHS, service providers and academic partners.
Wallace said the group inventoried existing interim options (tiny-home communities including the Village at Glencliff and Green Street Church, motel/hotel conversions, navigation centers, medical respite, and low-barrier…
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