ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) –There’s a new option in Albuquerque for people struggling with homelessness and drug addiction. The city is ready to open a first-of-its-kind, recovery-focused shelter.
Soon enough, the city will welcome dozens of new residents to the shelter full of small, portable homes to give people a place to live and get on their feet. “We need a place where we can lay our heads down and know that we are in a safe place,” said Donald Hume, formerly homeless.
Sober for more than 30 years now, Hume already knows the city’s new tiny palette home project is something that should have a big impact. “We didn’t have recovery homes like this when I came into recovery,” said Hume.
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A first of its kind for Albuquerque, run through the city’s Gateway Center program, this new 46-pallet home micro community near I-25 and Comanche will soon house people trying to move past drug addiction…