Chair Stevens responds to panel and questions building code legislation
Stevens responds to the panel, highlighting Wiggins's point that a bed is not an outcome and the goal should be permanent housing. She questions Lade Swanson about proposed legislation to change building codes for drop-in centers, learning they are pursuing both state and city legislation to reclassify drop-in centers to allow temporary overnight sleep.
Thank you for sharing.
And I think something you said that I, which like stuck out to me was just like, are we managing it about around the beds or like, is that the outcome?
Is that the indication of success?
And it's such a low bar for us to set, right?
And thinking about, no, the goal should be permanent housing.
How are we getting these young people into permanent stable housing?
So I definitely just wanted to highlight that.
But I do have one question for the panel.
And you spoke about
legislation to change the building code for drop-in centers.
But I'm confused because I thought that that directive came from OCFS to not have folks sleep in there.
So that's why I just wanted to just to get clarity around what
exactly you guys are working on.
Yeah, so we're looking to do a state one and a city one.
And the reason why
It's because, as you said earlier, they're not shelters.
Yeah.
They're drop-in centers.
And drop-in centers have a different, like, what they are allowed to do.
So this would allow for those classifications to happen.
So you're trying to do those simultaneously so that, to change the classification.
Okay.
Those are all the questions I have for you guys.
Thank you guys so much.
I really appreciate you guys staying and testifying.