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Palm Beach County approves $500,000 pilot to buy tiny homes for opioid‑specific transitional housing
Summary
The county approved a pilot to allocate up to $500,000 of interest from opioid settlement funds to acquire tiny homes for people with substance use and co‑occurring disorders. Nonprofit treatment providers will own and manage units and provide wraparound services; board approved delegation to the county administrator.
The Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners on Feb. 11 approved a pilot to use up to $500,000 of interest earned on opioid‑settlement funds to buy tiny homes for transitional housing for opioid‑specific populations.
Staff presented the plan as a partnership model in which qualified nonprofit treatment providers that already own or control treatment sites would host scattered tiny‑home clusters (three to five units per site). Dr. James Green, presenting for Community Services, said the county would cap capital assistance at $100,000 per unit and…
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