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Residents and service providers urge council to preserve CO-LEAD, LEAD and $21 million in rental-assistance funding
Summary
Dozens of public commenters—including program participants, nonprofit leaders and housing developers—urged the Select Budget Committee to preserve funding for CO-LEAD and LEAD services, expand tenant-based rental assistance to about $21 million, and protect shelter capacity as winter approaches.
Dozens of residents and nonprofit representatives told the Select Budget Committee on Oct. 7 that maintaining and expanding funding for homelessness response programs must be a top priority in the 2026 budget.
Nicole Alexander, director of outreach and special initiatives with CO-LEAD at Purpose Dignity Action, asked the council to "continue to fund CO-LEAD and continue to fund what works," describing the program's outreach, lodging and aftercare continuum that moves people from encampments into shelter and longer-term housing.
CO-LEAD staff and participants offered multiple firsthand accounts. Denise Perez Lolly, Co-Program…
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