YIMBY News for 6/30

[Eric Budd]

The Partner That’s Not in the Government Budget

Governing

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KEYWORD SCORE: 22.72. development, housing, rent, urban

Consider a mid-sized county whose budget office is reviewing its annual financial condition report. The numbers look manageable: Revenues are flat but stable, reserves are adequate, debt service is current. What the report does not show is that a regional food bank, operating on a patchwork of federal grants and private donations, serves roughly 12,000 residents a year — people who might otherwise show up at county social services. It does not show that a nonprofit behavioral health provider handles the bulk of mental health crisis calls, keeping caseloads off the sheriff’s office and out of t

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