This page lists meetings where a speaker used any of these words: homeless, homelessness, unhoused, shelter, code blue. Search this topic to filter by body or year, or search the exact word only.
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- 2026-09-29Common CouncilRegular Meeting of the Common Council 9/29/26 Pt. 18 passages longer discussion8:38but not just a C in a in a dorm. It will provide um as you're going to see in a moment, each person will have their own bedroom and their own bathroom, and then there'll be a commercial kitchen downstairs. So, it's providing dignity for people who are unhoused. Here we'll have um 35 units of permanent secret housing, one bedroom unit supported 24-hour service and then um this …
- 2026-09-28Other / CommitteeBoard of Estimate and Apportionment Clerk, Council, RMO, Animal Control 9/28/261 passage28:02… I told him everything would stay the same. He said he'll pay. He was on board to stay another year. Um, so this is for his pay. Um, any shelter services that the Humane Society does, if there's a stray dog or anything like that, it would get charged to this account. um our dog
- 2026-09-15County Health and Human Services CommitteeHealth & Human Services || September 15, 20262 passages1:05:00there's 11 and 13 shelter. Let's let's remember there's shelter and then there's the supported housing. The shelter is 24. Uh you have to speak to RCO because that may have changed. They're working on architectural designs give or take two dozen. And then on the supported housing that's about 36.
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Meetings with the most passages that use the topic's words.
- 2026-02-17County CommitteeLEPC || Public Saftey || H&HS || February 17, 202620 passages longer discussion1:01:47better than a warning center I would say? So how does that activate in an emergency? So we have Bumby County has a formal agreement with the Red Cross to do our sheltering. So if we need them to open a shelter, that means overnight accommodations for a certain number of people, we make the request.
- 2026-07-14County Health and Human Services CommitteeHealth & Human Services || Public Safety || July 14, 202616 passages longer discussion1:16:42… the workbay or the truck bays. could be whatever a place where people can sit comfortably for, you know, could be several hours until a shelter could be set up. Um, anyway, that's in the future. So, uh, the shelter was set up. We did shelter people for, uh, nine people overnight.
- 2026-04-14County Health and Human Services CommitteeHealth & Human Services || Public Safety || April 14, 202616 passages longer discussion37:15… center you're working on. I know Levan has a community center they're working on. I don't I don't know if that's certified as a Red Cross shelter yet, but we go to the Red Cross because they do it nationally. the federal government um uh has a partnership with them to do it nationally. We have a formal agreement with them. So if we need a shelter, we call them. They've already …
- 1:12:51gross shelter rent or if you look at shelter rents, basically what they proposed is a 2.5% shelter rent uh because the present value of that stream over 30 years is 510 versus the 573. So it it's it's all but comparable except that it is locked in and it's fixed on a 5% shelter rent. uh the present value on 65 units would be 15,000 on the 7% which we had given to Providence …
- 1:31:39budgets to survive for caviar and it's not working for people. I sit in the park every day with homeless people. Whether they choose to be homeless or they don't, what's affordable to y'all is affordable people that are making the same type of money as you or are you trying to build a project for everybody to survive in? That's my question. Cuz like I said, there's a lot of …
- 2026-06-10County Board of SupervisorsWellness Hub Presentation || Full Board Meeting || June 10, 202610 passages longer discussion6:33the pub square. So, we'll see. We'll talk about that. Um, and then over here is the um the shelter, emergency shelter, and Kevin's going to talk about the layout. And then here is the the permanent support of housing. And this is an outdoor pavilion here for recreation. So, another vantage point, permanent support of housing, shelter, and the superintendent's house. And I'm …
- 2:46shelter rents which as you can see uh looking at that uh five percent of uh shelter rents uh is estimated to be over a 30-year time frame uh 4.9 million dollars in tax payments um and then the other one that we ran is a course benefit looking at a seven percent of the shelter rents which totaled over 30 years totals of um um so what we looked at was um you also see on your …
- 2026-09-29Common CouncilRegular Meeting of the Common Council 9/29/26 Pt. 18 passages longer discussion8:38but not just a C in a in a dorm. It will provide um as you're going to see in a moment, each person will have their own bedroom and their own bathroom, and then there'll be a commercial kitchen downstairs. So, it's providing dignity for people who are unhoused. Here we'll have um 35 units of permanent secret housing, one bedroom unit supported 24-hour service and then um this …
- 2026-03-17HCSD Board of EducationHudson City School District: 3/17/2026 Board of Education Meeting8 passages longer discussion1:14:52And we had this year so far 56 students who are or have been homeless during the school year, nine of whom lived outside of the district at some point. Every time we have a student lives in district who is homeless, we just add them to an existing route. It's not as difficult as if they live in Hunter or they live in Clifton Park or they live in, we transport up to 50 miles …
- 8:42… it was increases in rent that, uh, that they take 19,500 2025 numbers. Obviously in 2027 when those numbers presumably will have half% shelter rent pilot but it's fixed. Uh if shelter rent escalator that you see uh uh you'll see that uh meeting that we should include a tax policy. Uh that's what we provide for. you indicated you didn't feel it was assessment. But if you take …
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- 2026-09-29Common CouncilRegular Meeting of the Common Council 9/29/26 Pt. 18 passages longer discussion8:38but not just a C in a in a dorm. It will provide um as you're going to see in a moment, each person will have their own bedroom and their own bathroom, and then there'll be a commercial kitchen downstairs. So, it's providing dignity for people who are unhoused. Here we'll have um 35 units of permanent secret housing, one bedroom unit supported 24-hour service and then um this …
- 2026-09-28Other / CommitteeBoard of Estimate and Apportionment Clerk, Council, RMO, Animal Control 9/28/261 passage28:02… I told him everything would stay the same. He said he'll pay. He was on board to stay another year. Um, so this is for his pay. Um, any shelter services that the Humane Society does, if there's a stray dog or anything like that, it would get charged to this account. um our dog
- 2026-09-15County Health and Human Services CommitteeHealth & Human Services || September 15, 20262 passages1:05:00there's 11 and 13 shelter. Let's let's remember there's shelter and then there's the supported housing. The shelter is 24. Uh you have to speak to RCO because that may have changed. They're working on architectural designs give or take two dozen. And then on the supported housing that's about 36.
- 8:04… trail through the park's wooded setting. It has a loosely defined border with clear sight lines so it feels open and safe. It will provide shelter from sun and rain and much improved facilities for summer camp. Next, please.
- 2026-08-18County Health and Human Services CommitteeHealth & Human Services || Public Safety || August 18, 20261 passage43:29Are there any more questions for the commissioner? I have one question. I saw in your homeless the number of rooms jumped by 10.
- 2026-07-14County Health and Human Services CommitteeHealth & Human Services || Public Safety || July 14, 202616 passages longer discussion1:16:42… the workbay or the truck bays. could be whatever a place where people can sit comfortably for, you know, could be several hours until a shelter could be set up. Um, anyway, that's in the future. So, uh, the shelter was set up. We did shelter people for, uh, nine people overnight.
- 4:25… and we put it on our website where we're trying to get people to go to see where the warming and cooling centers are and they can be a shelter if we need it. But the Red Cross oversees them and is in charge of the shelter anytime it's it's activated as a Red Cross shelter.
- 2026-06-10County Board of SupervisorsWellness Hub Presentation || Full Board Meeting || June 10, 202610 passages longer discussion6:33the pub square. So, we'll see. We'll talk about that. Um, and then over here is the um the shelter, emergency shelter, and Kevin's going to talk about the layout. And then here is the the permanent support of housing. And this is an outdoor pavilion here for recreation. So, another vantage point, permanent support of housing, shelter, and the superintendent's house. And I'm …
- 33:02True. I mean, white pines, they need they like to be in a grove, sort of a little sheltered when they're babies. They So, they would eat the tree would eat that.
- 37:38… are are established by the government. Uh it's often that those types of projects, the real property taxes are based on what's called shelter rent. And that's basically rent plus the uh utilities. And in the case of of Skyler Court Province Hall, they requested a 5% shelter rent and uh the IDA after
- 1:45:33… us um, doesn't have those homes on it, their immediate concern to say, why side of Tanner's Lane? Um, their be bought out one day and put homeless. immediate concern is are we not being that concern as well and it just is a at those town halls and of course this coming. This is clearly the beginning
- 41:25landlord just what And the last time I looked at the inspection checklist, it was well within the range of habitability. It was not a homeless shack. It was still a barrier or something. And probably for the reason you cite.
- 2026-05-19County Health and Human Services CommitteeHealth & Human Services || Public Safety || May 19, 20262 passages36:09then what we did in order to bring better services and um and that to to the homeless population and that because that that comes because you're able to get pretty intensive services to it. So, you know, that's great. and that that was there because there was not a tier 2 shelter. Um so we were always operating out of a motel and that's you know it it's it's certainly proven …
- 1:15:27They put a fence around it recently because somebody had been breaking in to the house and sleeping in it, a homeless person. Then they were sleeping on the porch. Now there's a fence around it. We don't need this in our neighborhood. This is not something anybody wants to live across from, near, walk by, anything. It's a disgrace. And it seems to me that nothing, absolutely …
- 7:24The shelter is closed now, right?
- 2026-04-14County Health and Human Services CommitteeHealth & Human Services || Public Safety || April 14, 202616 passages longer discussion37:15… center you're working on. I know Levan has a community center they're working on. I don't I don't know if that's certified as a Red Cross shelter yet, but we go to the Red Cross because they do it nationally. the federal government um uh has a partnership with them to do it nationally. We have a formal agreement with them. So if we need a shelter, we call them. They've already …
- 17:44I'll send it to you send it to everybody. Um there have been a lot of concerns from um I think particularly business owners and patrons of unhoused folks and folks from the warming center either exposing themselves for using the bathroom or approaching them a little aggressively asking for money. Um, so I actually met with one of the business owners and some employees who were …
- 2026-03-17HCSD Board of EducationHudson City School District: 3/17/2026 Board of Education Meeting8 passages longer discussion1:14:52And we had this year so far 56 students who are or have been homeless during the school year, nine of whom lived outside of the district at some point. Every time we have a student lives in district who is homeless, we just add them to an existing route. It's not as difficult as if they live in Hunter or they live in Clifton Park or they live in, we transport up to 50 miles …
- 2026-03-10HCSD Board of EducationHudson City School District: 3/10/2026 Board of Education Meeting1 passage41:44… routes. The other thing I'll say, uh, Bill mentioned McKinney-Vento a few times. That is the act that protects students who become homeless during the school year. Um, if they're in the district, we can usually create efficiencies and use bus routes that are already in place, but when uh, a student is in Catskill or Albany, we we have to transport up to 50 miles.
- 2026-02-17County CommitteeLEPC || Public Saftey || H&HS || February 17, 202620 passages longer discussion1:01:47better than a warning center I would say? So how does that activate in an emergency? So we have Bumby County has a formal agreement with the Red Cross to do our sheltering. So if we need them to open a shelter, that means overnight accommodations for a certain number of people, we make the request.
- 29:08… Terrace which was prior to uh with Hudson Terrace and uh KN&R and Penrose. Those projects uh are were approved based on a percentage of shelter rent. And shelter rent is the rent that the government subsidized project is able to charge under HUD regulation plus utilities. Uh and with respect to Hudson Terrace, uh they're probably in what year 22 of uh or so of of their pilot
- 14:37Yes. With helmets. Um uh we also do the bike shop, the bike go out during the summer. And so just kind of stemming from that program, we do have the ability to offer helmets to the kids as well. Have you had um anyone come talk about bike safety and and how homeless are so important?
- 2026-01-20HCSD Board of EducationHudson City School District: 1/20/2026 Board of Education Meeting1 passage18:41… costs primarily related to those things that aren't going to someone's house and picking them up. So, it could be McKenna, which are our homeless students. It could be transportation to sporting events. It could be transportation to CTE at one of the centers or new visions, uh, or out of district placement. So, there were some things that simply weren't accounted for on the …
- 45:07Um I'm currently speaking to me. Um frankly I think the proposal or the the the cuts that have happened are absurd um and unacceptable. I think from my view as a partner organization that does serve youth and I've been in the community and I've served um unhoused families prior to um there are points already made here about Hudson families being displaced and so the people in …
- 2025-10-21HCSD Board of EducationHudson City School District: 10/21/2025 Board of Education Meeting1 passage2:21:30… to the administrative staff. Um so for the first one uh make a motion to appoint um Alyssa Sabatino as the liaison for the education of homeless youth from uh September 17th, 2025 through December 31st, 2025.
- 4:44… resolution. Uh I did provide a summary uh that uh outlines that the proposed pilot schedule in the resolution which provides for a 5% of shelter rent uh in year one after the project is operational. And for the first two years during construction, a uh pilot payment based on an assessment uh that would comport to the $2.15 million purchase price times the closation rate. So …
- 8:42… it was increases in rent that, uh, that they take 19,500 2025 numbers. Obviously in 2027 when those numbers presumably will have half% shelter rent pilot but it's fixed. Uh if shelter rent escalator that you see uh uh you'll see that uh meeting that we should include a tax policy. Uh that's what we provide for. you indicated you didn't feel it was assessment. But if you take …
- 1:12:51gross shelter rent or if you look at shelter rents, basically what they proposed is a 2.5% shelter rent uh because the present value of that stream over 30 years is 510 versus the 573. So it it's it's all but comparable except that it is locked in and it's fixed on a 5% shelter rent. uh the present value on 65 units would be 15,000 on the 7% which we had given to Providence …
- 8:50Sorry, but it be the city clerk's office. They'll do a certified one for you. Um, when we get the financial comparison, is there a way that we could also look at that not just individually but in comparison to the other two basically real estate deals that we have because those are both based on shelter rents and uh the numbers are quite different than this. Yes.
- 1:02:09… over there? Yes, there is. No, not on our site. Has there been any flooding on that site? No. Ever? Not I was not since you've been homeless. Since 2010 when I started or 2009 is when I started spending time on that site and with those buildings. I have never seen a hip flood on that site. It does flood in per which is lower in downhill. Okay. So I have never seen even with …
- 2025-08-05HCSD Board of EducationHudson City School District: 8/5/2025 Board of Education Meeting1 passage14:26Well, you don't want them to be responsible for things like food, clothing, shelter, education, safety. We own that as adults. So, we have a charitable foundation going to take away as many of those problems for those children as we possibly can.
- 1:37:41… Okay. That would that would be helpful. Okay. Quick question. Um just because just hit my head. Um, are you planning on doing like a bus shelter like Crossman's has because obviously seniors, you know, are going to be using, you know, the, you know, county bus. So, is there plans to put a bus shelter there? It's not something we currently have in our site plan, but it's …
- 2025-07-02HCSD Board of EducationHudson City School District: 7/2/2025 Board of Education Meeting1 passage19:53… following designations for the 2526 school year. section 504 compliance officer, Medicaid compliance officer, liaison for the education of homeless children and youth, opioid program director, director of school health services, and HIPPA compliance officer.
- 1:31:39budgets to survive for caviar and it's not working for people. I sit in the park every day with homeless people. Whether they choose to be homeless or they don't, what's affordable to y'all is affordable people that are making the same type of money as you or are you trying to build a project for everybody to survive in? That's my question. Cuz like I said, there's a lot of …
- 2:20helpful. And also interesting um high electric bills this past month um hit a lot of families and some families only need like $100 or so for the rent. It's just kind of showing how tight a lot of the household finances are. And one person who got some years was unhoused and they were able to have some nice movement. So that's uh I think do you hear me? Any questions? Thank …
- 31:04… fronts. But we can't keep kicking the can down the road and waiting for the perfect solution because children and families suffering from homelessness and displacement today do not have time for the heartfelt hypotheticals of tomorrow. The countless children, families, and individuals suffering from homelessness in our city also do not have time for the quick band-aid …
- 16:42… and intercede that cuz they ended up going to Green DH. It was on Green Street. It was when it was there in April while the um the warm shelter was open and they were cruising around the parking lot just to make you know sure things were good and they happened to see somebody kind of lighting their smoke over. They tried to wake him and he wouldn't wake up and and unresponsive …
- 12:17… of housing for St Catherine Center for Children we're contracted with the Columbia County Department of Social Services to assist with the homeless population we provide housing case management to individuals experiencing homelessness we browse all of Columbia County excuse me to find affordable housing for individuals that are currently experiencing homelessness um and I can …
- 2025-03-11Planning BoardCity of Hudson Planning Board Meeting March 11th 20254 passages longer discussion22:55into our complex and pick up that's what I thought say so I guess the confusion in the past was we were proposing to provide a bus shelter yes if any of our residents need can't access the current bus route they could call to get picked up confirm the building but the bus shelter was in the event in the future that demand in that area warrants extending the bu rout there …
- 2025-02-11HCSD Board of EducationHudson City School District: 2/11/2025 Board of Education Meeting1 passage1:22:22… and then and we're close realistic budget having said that other day I did two mckin ventos one's Durham you can't budget for those we homeless student and how far they're the point of I know what we're going to year before I checked three years opening as I mentioned runs since September we're getting no Aid that's a lot of money we're going to Transportation contracts with …