Kansas City Low-Barrier Shelter Back To Drawing Board?!?

Here's another look at a bad plan that confronts push back from just about every council district. 

Even worse . . .

Our local prog blog newsies keep updating this story as if they're getting constantly updated talking points from city hall . . . Hint: They are!!!

Either way . . . This roundup seems familiar as nearby homeowners & biz have advised that the plan is HORRIBLE and will hurt their neighborhood in every possible way . . . Check-it:

The Kansas City Council reversed its plan, in response to those neighborhood objections, to give $7.1 million in federal funding for an overnight emergency shelter at Hope Faith.

People championing the city’s ambitions of essentially ending chronic homelessness by 2030 say it won’t happen without a low-barrier shelter —  a place without religious teachings, that doesn’t require guests first to take job training or get sober.

Residents say city officials have failed to win over the neighborhood where they want to put that shelter — by neither conveying the critical need for one big, low-barrier shelter nor offering concessions like more police patrols and fewer potholes.

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

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