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Residents, advocates urge fast, small homelessness committee and pilot for fathers
Summary
Multiple residents urged Bangor officials to form a small, fast-standing committee empowered to implement recommendations and to pilot programs that focus on men and fathers at risk of homelessness, including requests for $50,000–$150,000 in seed funding.
Bangor residents used the council’s public-comment period on Jan. 12 to press for faster, more decisive action on homelessness, with speakers urging a small, time-limited committee and pilot programs focused on men and fathers.
Scott Pardy, a Bangor resident, said the standing committee must be ‘‘small’’ (he recommended three to five people), led by ‘‘a singularly driven individual,’’ and set to deliver results in weeks rather than months. ‘‘Stop managing the problem, and let's start solving it,’’ Pardy said, arguing the city should be…
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