Homelessness and shelter items between 13 Oct 2025 and 13 Oct 2026
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| Homelessness and shelter | 55 |
| Health and human services | 29 |
| Housing and affordability | 28 |
| Grants and outside funding | 15 |
| Intergovernmental agreements | 10 |
| Contracts and procurement | 7 |
| Police and public safety | 6 |
| Drugs and addiction | 5 |
| Environment and sustainability | 5 |
| Public facilities | 5 |
| Budget and appropriations | 4 |
| Tax rate and revaluation | 4 |
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Accepts a $127,004 HUD planning grant for the homeless services Continuum of Care, with a $31,751 city match, for a $158,755 project.
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Accepts a $170,218 federal Emergency Solutions Grant and adds $180,000 from the city's dedicated housing fund, a $350,218 project.
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Awards the county's HOME-ARP money, of which $1,275,403 was set aside in May for rental assistance and supportive services, to Housing for New Hope, the only applicant.
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Buys 3211 Bramer Drive in Raleigh for $4,150,000 and transfers it to the Women's Center of Wake County. The 23,625-square-foot former charter school now houses the county's temporary drop-in shelter and would become up to 20 non-congregate shelter units for women. The county buys only if Raleigh grants a special use p…That the Board of Commissioners: 1. Authorizes the acquisition of 3211 Bramer Drive, Raleigh, NC, at a purchase price of $4,150,000; 2. Authorizes the County Manager to execute any documentation nece…
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Homeless and Prevention Services presents the Bridge to Home impact report and implementation guide. The program is tied to the county's goal of cutting unsheltered homelessness 10% from 2024 levels by 2029. The study compares results with the years before the program and includes qualitative work by Duke University's…Staff or committee report Homelessness and shelter
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The Continuum of Care reports pending applications of $6,989,569 for youth homelessness, $7,378,974 in HUD Continuum of Care renewals for 16 projects, and $392,309 in state Emergency Solutions Grants, with awards expected by year end. It also covers White Flag cold-weather shelter planning for about 280 beds and 14 op…
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6. Wake at HomeAn update on Wake at Home, the effort to close encampments by moving people directly into housing, which has rehoused more than 30 people from its first site. Next steps include defining a rapid exit from shelter and setting up a private fund.Staff or committee report Homelessness and shelter
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Housing for New Hope and Central Pines Regional Council report on UNITE Street Medicine, the ARPA-funded team that brings health care to unsheltered residents with partners including the HEART response team and Durham Tech.
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Urban Ministries of Durham reports on the first five months of the county's $350,000 day services pilot for unsheltered residents, which runs through January 2027.Presentation Homelessness and shelter
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Adds emergency and transitional homeless shelters that take public money to the places where drug offenses carry enhanced penalties. It also bars camping or sleeping on public property unless a local government designates a site, with Department of Labor rules due by June 2027. Residents and businesses could sue a 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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House Bill 437 creates drug-free zones within 300 feet of publicly funded homeless shelters and transitional housing, making drug sales there by adults 21 and older a Class E felony. It also bars cities and counties from allowing camping or sleeping on public property. A local government that designates a camping area…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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The county's emergency housing coordinator on future services, including shallow rent subsidies and rapid rehousing.
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A resolution adopting a five-year framework aiming to make homelessness in Durham rare and brief by June 2031, with a system goal of housing people within 30 days.
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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.Staff or committee report Health and human servicesHomelessness and shelterHousing and affordabilityTransit
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Routine approval of property tax releases and refunds for June 2026, covering valuation adjustments, listing discrepancies, and clerical errors.Proclamation or recognition Homelessness and shelterHousing and affordabilityTax rate and revaluation
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Authorizes the county manager to accept easement conveyances for the Whispering Pines Stream Restoration Project and execute related documents.
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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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Commissioners discussed helping the Board of Elections identify additional early voting sites after NC State's Talley Student Union was dropped, though no vote was possible because it was not on the agenda. Commissioner Stallings reported Wake County will receive more than $67 million in opioid settlement funds over 1…
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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 $381,456 federal award which, with match and programme income less a 10 percent administration allowance, gives the consortium about $450,000. Only two applications were received and both funded: $180,000 in full to Habitat for Humanity for repair and rehabilitation, and $271,981 to a homelessness partnership for te…
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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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Five speakers, all supporting the data centre moratorium.
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A one-year moratorium on large-scale data centers as a land use, covering artificial intelligence data centers, cryptocurrency mining facilities, data centers, data processing facilities and similar uses. The board directed the study on March 5, received it March 17, and voted then to advertise this hearing and to hav…Adopted unanimously
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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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Quick updates from partner organizations attending the breakfast.
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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 board approved most of a 17-item consent agenda in one vote, including tax releases, proclamations, a server-licensing contract, solar-project funding and a shelter-contract renewal. It pulled a $1.7 million loan for an Orange Grove Fire District fire station after a resident raised transparency concerns, and vote…
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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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Collaboration with Wake County emergency management on using schools as emergency shelters.
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This consent block carried over five items from the canceled January 26 meeting: a $133,000 organizational-assessment contract with Baker Tilly Advisory Group, a $500,000 contract with Hayti Reborn - Justice Movement, a resolution endorsing the Downtown Durham Blueprint: 2035, a $350,000 contract with Urban Ministries…
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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 program…
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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 center staff and will be at the centers the first and third Saturday of each month in 2026. The building a…
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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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Largest items: a $1,193,227.00 contract with Southern Wall Systems for Justice Services Center exterior and window work; a $974,879.51 contract with KBS Earthworks for the Whispering Pines stream restoration, alongside a $600,000 NCDEQ grant for the project; a $535,356 annual grant to Urban Ministries of Durham; adopt…
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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 county's property tax relief program drew 949 applications, a significant increase staff attributed to the revaluation. New repair and rehabilitation funds are available for older residents, and cold weather night shelters have opened with one night used so far.
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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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