LITTLE ROCK, Ark.— Little Rock Mayor Frank Scott Jr. laid out his vision for the capital city in his State of the City Address Speech Thursday night.
The most common theme of his speech was finding “Results for the Rock.” One of those results is finding permanent housing for the unsheltered populations in Little Rock.
Before announcing the Holistic Housing Initiative, Mayor Scott discussed how homelessness is a national issue that cities are trying to solve.
“As the cost of living gets higher, it’s going to affect a lot more people,” William Holloway, CEO of Little Rock Compassion Center said. “Sometimes the rent costs so much as much as you make a month.”
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Christopher Harvey, Senior Advisor to the Mayor said that with the new Holistic Housing Initiative, the city will be working to help those that need it most.
“One of the biggest symptoms of a lack of affordable housing is homelessness, so under our new holistic housing initiative, we will be bringing on and hiring the Chief Homelessness Officer,” Harvey said.