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Service providers and students urge Greensboro to expand shelter capacity amid housing crisis
Greensboro City Council · April 8, 2026
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Summary
A social-work intern and other speakers urged the council to prioritize funding for domestic-violence shelter expansion, emergency family shelter capacity and affordable housing to address families sleeping in cars and tents who cannot access existing beds.
Speakers at the council meeting called on Greensboro leaders to act quickly to expand shelter capacity and affordable housing.
Jennifer Rogers, a social-work student interning with CSWEI at the IRC, told council that in Guilford County families are sleeping in cars and tents while parents…
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