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City Council · Regular Meeting · November 20, 2025
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Durham City Council approved $1.5 million in housing funding while grappling with how to respond to an immigration enforcement crisis shaking the community.
Council approved $1.5 million in housing funding, including $157,513 to expand emergency shelter to 20 beds nightly through mid-March and a new 50-bed family shelter opening in December.
Council Member Chelsea Cook requested staff review raising the temperature threshold for activating the family shelter above 32 degrees after a resident died last year at above-freezing temperatures.
City Manager Ferguson committed to meeting with Dr. Haley Cunningham about HOPA fund administration after Healing with Care housed four people without reimbursement since December.
Additional video segments
This meeting was published as multiple videos. The primary recording is above; the additional segments are linked below.
