RESOLUTION NO. 220201
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RESOLUTION - Directing the City Manager to devise a feasibility assessment and a funding, implementation and operating plan for a pallet shelter home project for the houseless to be installed at the Municipal Farm and report back to the Council in 14 days.
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WHEREAS, Kansas City is the hometown to as many as 1700 people in the houseless community according to Project Homeless Connect Kansas City, with 370 people under the age of 18; and
WHEREAS, the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated the public health issue by exponentially increasing job loss and financial struggle, particularly in communities of color and for those living at or near the poverty threshold, as established by the United States Department of Health and Human Services; and
WHEREAS, the intersecting and oftentimes competing costs of housing and health care create an undue burden on our city's poorest and most vulnerable residents; and
WHEREAS, spending public dollars to mitigate the effects of houselessness on the entire community serves a legitimate public purpose; and
WHEREAS, the City owns available land at the Municipal Farm; and
WHEREAS, a pallet home community for the houseless, along with wraparound services, such as medical care, transportation and social services, would be yet another step in the City Council's recent actions showing its dedication to addressing the houseless issue in Kansas City; and
WHEREAS, pallet shelter homes are designed to serve as temporary or transitional housing, with other services designed to offer opportunities for permanent housing; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That the City Manager is hereby directed to devise a feasibility assessment and a funding, implementation and operating plan for a pallet shelter home project for the houseless to be installed at the Municipal Farm and report ba...
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