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Mayor Holt on new animal shelter, grant to address homelessness

Mayor Holt addresses new animal shelter, funding to address homelessness Mayor Holt, joined by rescue dog Logan, addresses new animal shelter Updated: 10:21 AM CST Feb 23, 2024 HEY, OKLAHOMA. GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME BACK. JUST CHECKING IN HERE WITH OKC MAYOR DAVID HOLT BECAUSE IT IS TIME FOR OUR MONTHLY CHECK IN. AND SO […]

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Fort Wayne mayor announces program to fight homelessness, housing crisis | Local Government

Fort Wayne has created the Everyone Home plan to address homelessness in the area, Mayor Tom Henry said during his State of the City address Wednesday. Everyone Home is a project through Fort Wayne’s Office of Housing and Neighborhood Services and other local partners to prevent and end homelessness in the city. Henry said after […]

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Fort Lauderdale mayor does not back DeSantis’ homeless crackdown bill – NBC 6 South Florida

If it feels like everywhere you go in Fort Lauderdale, from the Riverwalk to Downtown to the beach, you’re seeing homeless people, it’s not just a feeling. There seems to be a surge in homelessness happening in Broward County, with one outreach group — the Task Force Fore Ending Homelessness — saying by their census, […]

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London Mayor Calls For Govt Help As Homelessness Jumps

The number of rough sleepers on London’s streets has increased by almost a quarter this winter, the latest figures showed Wednesday, as Britain battles a cost-of-living crisis. Homelessness charities recorded 4,389 people sleeping rough in the last three months of 2023, up from 3,570 during the same period a year before — an increase of […]

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NYC homeless shelter population surges 53% amid migrant crisis: mayor’s report

Metro By Carl Campanile and Craig McCarthy Published Jan. 30, 2024, 8:56 p.m. ET The number of homeless people in New York City’s shelter system skyrocketed 53% over the past year — driven by the unrelenting surge of migrants, according to Mayor Eric Adams’s preliminary management report released Tuesday. The report compares data and performance […]

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Opinion: The ‘Mayor of Woodland Hills’ Is Arrested Over a Wayward Shopping Cart

The shopping cart used by the Mayor of Woodland Hills. Photo by Stephen Cooper Bleach-blonde with a tanned glow and unnaturally long fingernails, the woman glared at the police through gold-rimmed sunglasses. She’d just left a hair salon, walking out the door to “Love ya, babe,” “Be good, beautiful,” and so forth — goodwill earned […]

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Austin City Council approves contracts to run 2 shelters | #citycouncil

AUSTIN, Texas — During its regularly-scheduled meeting Thursday, Austin City Council unanimously approved two multimillion dollar contracts for two area nonprofits to run the city’s Northbridge and Southbridge shelters, which help to house people residing in encampments. What You Need To Know During its regularly scheduled meeting Thursday, Austin City Council unanimously approved two multimillion […]

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Dallas holds special session on homelessness – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth | #citycouncil

A special Dallas City Council Housing Committee Thursday evening will focus solely on the issue of homelessness. The meeting will be available online at the city website channel 16. Committee members will hear the findings from a Dallas Mayor’s Task Force formed in February 2023 to review the issue and solutions. “It’s going to be […]

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Dallas holds special session on homelessness – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth | #citycouncil

A special Dallas City Council Housing Committee Thursday evening will focus solely on the issue of homelessness. The meeting will be available online at the city website channel 16. Committee members will hear the findings from a Dallas Mayor’s Task Force formed in February 2023 to review the issue and solutions. “It’s going to be […]

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Opinion: Purpose Amid Despair as the ‘Mayor of Woodland Hills’ Rolls to Helps Homeless Woman

The sidewalk outside the so-called “Vistas on Ventura Boulevard.” Photo by Stephen Cooper Early morning rays streaked through the blinds — translucent and warm — but that wasn’t what jolted the “The Mayor of Woodland Hills” from slumber, serene and slumped over in his mechanized wheelchair. That wasn’t what startled him. Not today, not any day. For the inexorable, […]

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