Fargo City Administrator Mike Redlinger said the first step in working together to end homelessness in the area is the organization of "political alignments" between the cities and counties.
“We have more homelessness than we’ve ever had,” Mayor Tim Mahoney said during a City Commission retreat with various city staff held on Monday, Oct.16.
FARGO, ND - Fargo city leaders hope to establish a task force to address the city's growing problem with homelessness. According to recent data, one-thousand people are experiencing homelessness in the metro area on any given night. The homeless can often be seen sleeping in downtown Fargo and right outside City Hall and the Civic Center. Mayor Tim Mahoney says Fargo is seeing
City Attorney Nancy Morris advised city leaders, citing North Dakota laws, that the meeting should have been both open and publicly noticed for years, instead of it being held behind closed doors.
Elected Fargo officials, along with developer Kilbourne Group, met privately with the Salvation Army to propose they move out of their historic headquarters to a new location.