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Organizers urge tiny-house solutions, report growth of volunteer-run community dinners
Summary
Speakers from the YEAH movement told the council their volunteer-run community dinners have grown and said they plan to form a nonprofit to expand tiny-house and meal programs; residents asked the city about services for people sleeping outdoors and staff offered behavioral-health referrals.
Several residents used the council's public-comment period to press for more action on affordable housing and services for people sleeping outdoors, and to describe grassroots efforts to feed and shelter unhoused neighbors.
Araya, who identified themself as part of the YEAH movement, said the group's community dinners attracted attendees from neighboring towns and that the effort so far is run through a personal LLC while the group pursues nonprofit status. "We saw a need in our community and we…
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