Former worker appalled by conditions at emergency shelter in Lexington

If it wasn’t for emergency shelters, many young people in Lexington would be living on the street. One woman knows that first-hand after working at a shelter on West Third Street, operated by Arbor Youth Services.

NeCee Anderson said conditions at the shelter for at-risk and homeless residents, ages 18 to 24, are “deplorable.”

“There’s holes in the walls, there’s weak floors, there’s a retaining wall that is literally crumbling and only being held with a plastic sheeting to keep the kids from stepping on the rocks,” said Anderson, who worked there until recently…

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