The city of Houston plans to build a “super hub” with emergency shelter and services that could house from 150 to 225 people at a time and provide health care and mental health resources.
As Abby Church reports in the Houston Chronicle, the city solidified plans to buy a property that operated as a center for homeless services until 2017. “Since 2018, the facility has been leased by a nonprofit Southwest Key to house migrant children, according to meeting agenda documents. The nonprofit lost federal funding as its shelter population got low and it faced layoffs. Its lease ended at the end of August.”
The facility will be open to anyone who comes in, including people with pets, and “will also connect those who visit with other services like permanent housing, diversion services through The Way Home, referrals to Harris Center facilities and transition to other area shelters.”…