Plan for Nashua Homeless Center Faces Scrutiny Before Key Vote

Plan for Nashua Homeless Center Faces Scrutiny Before Key Vote

By ZACH LAIRD, InDepthNH.org NASHUA — The Board of Aldermen will vote during Wednesday’s meeting whether to purchase and renovate a property on 14 Mulberry Street into a homeless resource center, though critics say the plan is rushed, overly expensive, and lacks transparency.Mayor Jim Donchess explained that the proposal aims to appropriate $900,000 through a bond issue to purchase a three-unit, multi-family property that sits across from the Ci…

Nashua opponents worry homeless center on Mulberry Street would be ‘money pit’

A groundswell of opposition has taken root in Nashua to a plan for the city to buy and renovate a Mulberry Street apartment building for a resource center and other services for the homeless population.