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Harmony House, with help from the VA Medical Center and volunteers, conducted a Point-in-Time Homeless Count on Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019, in Huntington.

For a community to have large numbers of such homeless, unsheltered and unhoused people Ƶ and ƵlargeƵ is a relative term that is difficult to define in this case Ƶ can be a problem. ItƵs one that Huntington has faced for years, and it has emerged as an issue in the upcoming city election, particularly for mayor.

Three people are on the ballot in the Nov. 5 general election: Democratic candidate Jennifer Wheeler, Republican candidate Patrick Farrell and independent candidate Jay Michaels. At a forum on the Marshall University campus Tuesday evening, they gave their thoughts how they would address the problem if they were elected.

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