Homelessness and shelter items between 3 Sep 2025 and 3 Sep 2026
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| Homelessness and shelter | 34 |
| Health and human services | 25 |
| Housing and affordability | 24 |
| Grants and outside funding | 8 |
| Intergovernmental agreements | 8 |
| Police and public safety | 4 |
| Budget and appropriations | 3 |
| Public facilities | 3 |
| Appointments and personnel | 2 |
| Drugs and addiction | 2 |
| Transit | 2 |
| Environment and sustainability | 1 |
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Two halves. The first draws drug-free zones 100 to 300 feet around homeless shelters and service facilities, making sale or possession of a controlled substance inside one a felony, adding penalties for operators who knowingly allow offences on their premises, and requiring signs marking the zones. The second bars loc…Filed by Rhyne, Chesser, and Pickett. Last action: placed on the calendar for 4 August 2026. Changes Chapters 160D (local planning and development regulation) and 90 (medicine and controlled substanc…
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Would make a drug offense within 300 feet of a homeless shelter or a publicly funded homeless service provider a Class E felony for anyone 21 or older, and would make it a Class 1 misdemeanor for the operator of such a facility to knowingly allow one. A separate part restricts camping and sleeping in public spaces: a…Filed by Rhyne, Chesser, and Pickett. Last action: placed on the calendar for 4 August 2026. Changes Chapters 160D (local planning and development regulation) and 90 (medicine and controlled substanc…
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Proclaims August 24-26, 2026 as Supportive Housing Week, requested by Housing for New Hope, a Durham nonprofit working to prevent and end homelessness.
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26-0444 Continuum of Care ILA RenewalRenews an interlocal agreement between Durham County and the City of Durham restructuring governance of the NC 502 Continuum of Care, reconstituting HSAC as a thirteen-member governing board for HEARTH Act oversight.
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Appropriates grant funding for the county's homelessness Continuum of Care program.
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Staff presented the FY2025 annual report of the Orange County Partnership to End Homelessness for the council to receive; no action was requested.Staff or committee report Budget and appropriationsHealth and human servicesHomelessness and shelterHousing and affordability
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A substantial amendment to the county's HOME-ARP allocation plan, which governs federal pandemic-era housing money aimed at homelessness and housing instability.
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The county accepts grant funding for its Continuum of Care homelessness program.
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A proclamation thanking the partners in the cold weather cots collaboration, which provides emergency shelter beds in winter.Proclamation or recognition Health and human servicesHomelessness and shelterHousing and affordability
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A budget revision moving grant funds within the county's Continuum of Care homelessness program.
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Authorizes the city manager to sign an agreement with Durham County to jointly fund consulting work on the city's homeless strategic framework.
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Hillsborough Youth Athletic Association's president asks the board to support stricter trespassing penalties, citing drug use, vandalism, and harassment linked to unhoused people near the association's baseball field.
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Briefing on a strategic initiative to reduce homelessness, including a 2026-2027 'direct to housing' surge phase and an update on federal Continuum of Care renewal funding for Wake-area homelessness programs.
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The $25,000 agreement has the county pay the city, which will pay consultant Community Solutions International to develop a homelessness strategy.
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Update on the transition of the Continuum of Care (homelessness services) program, including a memorandum of understanding.
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Annual system performance measures report for the Continuum of Care homelessness program.Staff or committee report Health and human servicesHomelessness and shelterHousing and affordability
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Appropriates grant funds for the county's Continuum of Care program, which coordinates homelessness assistance and housing services.
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Adopts a $158,755 HUD Continuum of Care planning grant ordinance for FY2025-2026.
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A review of how the county is tracking against its strategic plan. Mobility on Demand wait times fell from 22 to 19 minutes against a 15-minute target. Homelessness cases stay open because placements and rental support are not available. Cold weather shelter beds in northern Orange County went unused and that programm…
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A review of the five housing bodies: the affordable housing advisory board, the Local Government Affordable Housing Collaborative, the housing authority board, and the Partnership to End Homelessness leadership and executive teams. Only the first is genuinely advisory. None currently examines housing gaps over time. T…
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Staff told the board it intends to award the day shelter contract to Urban Ministries of Durham under RFP 26-012. The scope of work and budget were still being negotiated; the contract itself comes back to the board later.Staff or committee report Budget and appropriationsHealth and human servicesHomelessness and shelterHousing and affordability
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Staff described the situation at the Seymour Center and a possible bag policy developed with the library and the county attorney. The county's street outreach team, now back at full staffing, offered training for centre staff and will be at the centres the first and third Saturday of each month in 2026. The building a…Discussion item Health and human servicesHomelessness and shelterHousing and affordabilityPublic facilities
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The Orange County Partnership to End Homelessness reported system-level data submitted to HUD along with obstacles and successes. The main risk is the HUD Continuum of Care grant: the new funding notice mandates a 70 percent cut to permanent housing and guarantees only 30 percent of annual renewal funding, affecting p…
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Extends a contract with Open Table Ministry for temporary weather-related emergency shelter and supportive services for people experiencing homelessness, adding $157,513 for a total contract value up to $537,513.
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Updates the interlocal agreement among Orange County and its three towns governing the joint Partnership to End Homelessness.
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Consent approval to appropriate grant funds for the county's homelessness Continuum of Care program.
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Consent approval of a $313,750 increase to a homelessness coordinated-entry and diversion services contract with Volunteers of America Carolinas, bringing it to $2,060,000 and extending it to June 2026.
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The committee reviews a redesign of the Wake Prevent! homelessness prevention program.
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An update on building out the county's Continuum of Care homelessness response system.
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UNC offered the county a rent-free, up-to-ten-year ground lease on an underused building for a cold weather shelter and a future integrated day center serving unhoused residents; the county would bear renovation and maintenance costs, estimated at $80,000-plus for initial compliance work and $750,000 to $1.25 million…Approved unanimously: authorized negotiation of the lease and a budget amendment for a compliance and design study
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General Business 1 Durham Housing Authority Board of Commissioners - AppointmentsThe council considered appointing two residents to the Durham Housing Authority board, one a public-housing resident and one a formerly homeless individual, to terms expiring September 28, 2030.
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