Task force hears warnings that hotel/motel sheltering is costly; RECAP reports Fuel Fund spending
County leaders and RECAP officials said hotel/motel sheltering strains families and budgets and urged investing in housing; RECAP reported approximately $45,000 spent from its Fuel Fund and said it expected to spend the balance by mid-November (transcript gives no year).
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Chairwoman Genesis Ramos and Michele McKeon of RECAP argued that, from a public-cost perspective, investing in permanent housing and housing programs is more cost-effective than repeatedly subsidizing hotel and motel sheltering through the Department of Social Services.
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