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Committee approves $11.5M for Hospitality Hub operations and shifts CoC grant to Office of Homeless Services
Summary
The committee approved an $11.5 million appropriation to Hospitality Hub for interim housing and amended a HUD Continuum of Care grant agreement to designate the Office of Homeless Services as the recipient for $465,701 in CoC planning funds; a public commenter had earlier alleged OHS misrepresented its CoC role.
The council committee approved a late-file resolution appropriating $11,500,000 to the Hospitality Hub of Memphis to increase interim housing operations and case-management services at 95 Wallace Road. The committee also approved a separate amendment to a Department of Housing and Urban Development Continuum of Care grant to designate the Office of Homeless Services as the new grant recipient for $465,701 in CoC planning funds.
Jared Bingham of Hospitality Hub told the committee the organization "answered a call" last year to occupy 95 Wallace…
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