Flathead County commissioners are criticizing homeless services organizations and calling upon residents to deny homeless people help or support. In a letter to county residents, three commissioners argue that shelters are causing homeless people to migrate to the area, though they offered no evidence to support the claim. The letter follows the closure of the Depot Park gazebo and Woodland Park pavilion after receiving resident complaints about the presence of homeless people in the parks. Increases in housing prices and rent are to blame for the rise in homelessness, experts say, adding that the solution requires “supportive housing.”
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