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From: Trillium Simington
Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2022 9:08 AM
To: Council Testimony
Subject: Bill 111
Aloha,
My name is Trillium Simington and I am writing in support of Bill 111, which would appropriate at least 751 of the property tax
revenue that is currently collected from second homes valued over$2 million.
Homelessness is a traumatic experience. Whether someone is on the street for one night or for ten years,the trauma they
experience can become a complex and vicious cycle of health issues(which include mental health/substance abuse), low
wages, inability to become employed,violence,abuse,arrest, incarceration,and broken support systems. If these issues are
not adequately addressed,and if the person is not able to heal, they are unlikely to attain permanent housing.
With federal COVID money drying up in September,and state funding that is unreliable and inadequate,we need our county to
step up and make sure that programs like ours are well resourced,so that we can continue to move the needle on
homelessness.
Please join me in supporting Bill 111,so that we can make housing and wraparound services accessible to our island's most
vulnerable residents.
Sincerely,
Trillium Simington
Program Care Coordinator, 9 Mos. Window of Hope
Going Home Hawaii
80 Pauahi Street, Suite 203 }
Hilo, Hawai'i 96720
Office: (808) 491-2437 .
Fax: (808) 498-0315
Email: trillium.goinghomehawaiiggmail.com
Website: www. oinghomehawaii.org
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