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Vice-Chair reports on Housing Day and meetings with state lawmakers
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Vice-Chair Hope Harmon reported attending Housing Day at the Capitol on Feb. 22, meeting with state lawmakers about housing, rental issues and transportation weight-limit bills, and was told representatives remain available to assist on state legislation affecting south Georgia.
Vice-Chair Hope Harmon told the commission that she attended Housing Day at the Capitol on Feb. 22, where state leaders and organizations discussed the state of housing, rental issues and homelessness in Georgia. She reported meeting with Rep. Lessa Hagan, Rep. Clay Pirkle and Senator Carden Summers to discuss local issues and legislation that could affect south Georgia.
Harmon said transportation weight limits were a topic receiving attention and that proposed bills likely will change as they move through the House and Senate. She relayed that Representatives Hagan and Senator Summers offered their availability to assist the county with state legislative concerns.
The statement was given as a legislative report; no board action or directive is recorded in the minutes in response to the report.