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Resident urges Tuscaloosa council to tackle homelessness with housing and zoning changes
Summary
Carson Devos told the council homelessness on city streets is a safety and housing-affordability problem and urged mental‑health infrastructure and zoning reform — including ending single‑family‑only zoning — to expand affordable housing.
Carson Devos, a resident of 2330 University Boulevard, used the citizens' comments portion of Tuesday's Tuscaloosa City Council meeting to urge a more aggressive municipal response to homelessness and housing affordability.
"Like many of you, just over the past few months, I've been confronted with the reality of homelessness in Tuscaloosa," Devos said,…
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