A new non-profit owner has offered the use of the building to the City of Dallas for homeless housing services.
It has 197 guest rooms, 48 of them already equipped with kitchenettes that could qualify as permanent supportive housing.
“There’s already an epidemic around here as far as homelessness goes. I drive in early every morning, and I see tents, and I see people laid out all over on the streets, on the corner, on the medians. And it’s very disheartening. So perhaps it would make sense,” she said. “I’m not against it. I’m not 100% for it. But I feel like it’s set apart, and that’s where it’s not adjacent to neighborhoods.”
“Council has asked us before to figure out how to do more with less and to look at more private partnerships, so we’re leveraging for more impact across the city,” Crossley said. Mendelsohn, who’s been involved in homeless response for many years, said the city should avoid the new project and refocus on results for homeless people.
A former hospital at 2929 South Hampton Road is strongly opposed by neighbors who want the project dropped or replaced with single-family housing.Crossley said her office is taking a fresh approach but not dropping the Hampton Road site.
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