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Residents press council on shelter hours and bed capacity as officials outline local shelter network
Summary
Multiple public commenters urged expanded shelter access and use of vacant buildings for overnight housing. Councilors described existing resources (Code Blue, St. Anony’s/Haven, community intervention center), provided utilization figures, and discussed task-force membership and outreach.
A series of public comments at the Scranton City Council meeting focused on homelessness, shelter hours and gaps in services, prompting a substantive council response about available shelters and next steps.
Tyler Warden, who identified himself as experiencing homelessness, urged that overnight shelters be open to people regardless of Lacawana County residency and proposed converting vacant city buildings into more overnight shelter beds. Judy Laskkey described daily observations of people using a nearby shelter and urged extending overnight protections when temperatures are low; she asked the council to consider round-the-clock places where people would…
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