City Homelessness Response and Overnight Shelter
Lansing
Summary
HRCS laid out a three-phase plan: warming centers at Letts and Union Baptist Church this winter, a 70-bed low-barrier overnight drop-in center targeting early December (pending rezoning), and permanent NOVA housing by 2027. Residents at public comment criticized LPD 'sweeps' of encampments and asked for a moratorium.
At a glance
- Total mentions
- 1
- Last 30 days
- 1
Discussed at 1 meeting in the last 60 days; most recently Nov 9, 2026.
Impact analysis
Funding is currently moving through committee; only $100,000 in regional funds has come from Ingham County.
Unhoused residents, downtown businesses served by the street engagement team, and area shelters.
Encampment residents displaced by LPD sweeps, per public comment.
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