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Royal Oak pastor urges citywide extreme-weather response after deaths of unhoused residents
Summary
Pastor Jeff Nelson and Outreach on Seventh asked the Royal Oak City Commission to develop a citywide plan for extreme-weather emergencies and sheltering, citing recent deaths, thousands of annual meals served and other outreach numbers.
Pastor Jeff Nelson, of First United Methodist Church in Royal Oak, told the City Commission on Dec. 8 that the city needs a coordinated response to extreme-weather emergencies to protect people who are unhoused.
"We need to ask ourselves where do our on-house friends go for safety and shelter," Nelson said, recounting the recent death of an unhoused neighbor he called Joe and urging the…
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