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Norristown leaders urge state funding for housing, transit and public safety
Summary
Montgomery County and Norristown officials told the House Appropriations delegation that housing instability, aging infrastructure, declining volunteer firefighting and a transit funding shortfall threaten local services and economic access; they asked for state support for whole-home repairs, a county behavioral health crisis center and sustained SEPTA funding.
Montgomery County Vice Chair Jodila Winder, Norristown Council President Rebecca Smith and local officials delivered a series of appeals for state investment at a House Appropriations Southeast Delegation briefing in Norristown on April 28, 2025.
Winder said Montgomery County — a non–home-rule county heavily reliant on state and federal funding — has prioritized housing and homelessness response, citing county investments and a newly opened behavioral health crisis center that the county seeded with $18 million. “We will not be able to sustain that facility for the long term, so we continue to ask for support from the state,” Winder said, urging state backing for…
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