About a dozen West Boise neighbors gathered in protest Saturday morning, voicing opposition to parts of a Mountain View Church of the Brethren’s proposal to build affordable housing aimed at keeping men facing homelessness off the streets. This, ahead of Monday’s public meeting with Boise’s Planning and Zoning Commission, which will address the project.
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Longtime residents say they support the mission of helping people in need but questions how the project is classified under city code, and what this could mean for neighborhood safety.
Longtime West Bench resident Jonathan Melby says he supports the mission of helping people in need, but questions how the project is classified under city code.
“All of the requirements and the supervision that’s involved residing here, [this housing project], is really not an open program. It’s supervised housing, something that’s more like recovery housing,” Melby said…