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Palm Beach County approves tiny‑home pilot using opioid‑settlement interest for transitional housing
Summary
The Palm Beach County Commission approved a pilot to use up to $500,000 of interest from opioid‑settlement funds to buy tiny homes (capped at $100,000 per unit) for transitional housing on nonprofit treatment‑provider land, with reporting and clawback provisions required.
Palm Beach County commissioners on Tuesday approved a pilot program to purchase tiny homes as transitional housing for people with substance‑use disorders, financed with interest earned on the county’s opioid‑settlement funds.
Staff told the board the program would use up to $500,000 of accrued interest (the county has roughly $3.78 million in interest accrued for housing uses) to acquire scattered‑site tiny‑home units on land owned or controlled by qualified nonprofit treatment providers. Dr. James Green of Community Services said the county would cap capital…
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