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Jackson’s City Council will consider a measure Tuesday night to direct opioid settlement dollars toward transitional housing proposals from local organizations. The decision comes as Mid-Michigan faces a growing homelessness crisis, with nearby Lansing taking legal action against property owners hosting encampments.
The money comes from a 2021 national settlement requiring drug companies like Johnson and Johnson, CVS and Walgreens – among others – to pay billions to communities for addiction treatment and prevention…