Where Elgin City Council candidates stand on the issue of homelessness
As Elgin prepares plans for their North Grove redevelopment area, a renewed focus is on the city's homelessness issue downtown.
The council set aside $940,000 for the project to buy land and build individual shelters for about 50 homeless individuals, many of whom live downtown or in a tent city near the entrance of the redevelopment area. The"shelter village" would include space for services like food, mental health and substance abuse counseling.
by signing up you agree to our terms of service "Tent city is a very grave version of homelessness," he said, noting that many more people are sleeping on others' couches or in their cars.
Aagesen, who works in the social service sector with Feeding America, said the problem with Elgin's approach in the past is that there have been too many people at the top making decisions without engaging the people who would be affected. She said the city should be working with people like Cordova to"ensure that their input is first and foremost.Both Aagesen and Banner said the city needs to start figuring out what is causing the problem.
"We could take some of that plan and see how we can help the homeless individuals that also may need more help than just finding a home," he said."They might have underlying issues that we need to help them with because this is a human problem. This is not an individual problem."
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