A panel of local social service agency and government officials gathered Friday morning in Penn Forest Township to address the growing issue of homelessness in the community.
The 15th annual “Carbon C.
Allentown wants to do something about its homelessness problem, and could use some of its remaining American Rescue Plan dollars to do so. City council held a special meeting Wednesday to discuss how approximately $18 million in relief money could go toward affordable housing, rental assistance, a permanent homeless shelter and other measures that could help house the 1400 homeless Allentownians.