City, South Austin neighborhood discuss relocation of controversial homeless center

The Brief

  • The City of Austin and a South Austin neighborhood gathered to discuss the relocation of a homeless center
  • The city wants to move the Sunrise Homeless Navigation Center off I-35 near Oltorf
  • The neighborhood is pushing back on the new location

AUSTIN, Texas Tensions were high Tuesday over the possible relocation of a controversial homeless navigation center.

It was the first in-person gathering for a South Austin neighborhood. People weighed in on a proposed location off I-35 near Oltorf. That’s where the city wants to move the Sunrise Homeless Navigation Center.

Pushback on new homeless center location

What they’re saying:

Tempers flared over the site that caught the city of Austin’s eye to move the Sunrise Navigation Center’s operations to.

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