Facing a curtailing of her services, The Least of These Ministry’s owner is contemplating what her next move will be.
A city zoning enforcement action prompted by citizen complaints threatens to slash services at an award-winning day shelter for homeless people in downtown Roanoke.
Residents and businesses frustrated by the activities of people without homes are pitted against a community provider offering services designed to help them, in this case The Least of These Ministry.
TLOT, as it is called, remained in normal operation Tuesday in spite of being ruled out of compliance Feb. 25 for having a portable toilet, lockers and wintertime “warming” buses outside its facility at 422 Luck Ave. SW. From the city’s perspective, what began as a food and clothing bank a couple of years ago morphed into an unauthorized housing provider with clients sleeping in buses…