Right now, staff are working to make sure residents at the Salvation Army’s downtown shelter don’t end up on the streets. The partially city-funded shelter was set to close March 15, but the mayor has vowed to keep the doors open.
AUSTIN, Texas — The City of Austin is scrambling to fix the latest in a long line of setbacks in housing the homeless.HUD data shows Austin/Travis County has the highest population of unsheltered homeless familiesSalvation Army announced the closure of the downtown shelter with a about a month’s notice
Tuyet Sang Vo is not one of those people. She came to Austin about six months ago to find a home. What she found was a city with a massive shortage of shelters and affordable housing. “Single women like myself are getting the short end of the stick, because there’s nowhere for us to go,” said Katie Reale, a shelter resident for two months.
Days later, the city announced it will pay to keep the downtown shelter open for 30 days and is currently working to relocate the roughly 50 remaining residents. Homeless advocate Paulette Soltani with the Texas Harm Reduction Alliance says this is because of rapid population growth, a lack of affordable housing and emergency shelters.
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