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Council allocates $100,000 to homelessness response line items after commission testimony
Summary
Council specified $100,000 in the budget for short-term homelessness response (hotel stays, portable sanitation, laundry, pet boarding and gift-card compensation) after testimony by the Commission on Homelessness and local providers; the funding source and fund mechanics were clarified on the record.
The Allentown City Council voted to specify $100,000 in the budget for targeted homelessness response items after hearing testimony from the Commission on Homelessness and community providers.
Council member Gerlach proposed the amendment to detail how $100,000 would be spent across a set of line items recommended by the commission: hotel funding for imminent-risk households, portable restrooms and hand-washing/hydration stations, gift-card compensation for people with lived experience who assist outreach, laundry resources, and animal-care/boarding assistance to remove a barrier to shelter and treatment.
Christine, co-chair of…
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