The funding package supports emergency shelters totaling close to 500 beds.
The Austin City Council voted to direct over $10 million to homelessness reduction programs including an expansion of the Esperanza community, one of the largest non-congregate shelter facilities in the nation.
As Ben Thompson explains in Community Impact, “Esperanza is approaching a 200-bed capacity and in the process of adding hundreds more spaces for clients exiting homelessness.” The shelter is seen as one of the city’s best-performing facilities that helps people successfully move into permanent housing. When complete, it will serve over 1,000 people each year.
The funding package will also support the 300-bed Marshaling Yard shelter, the 145-bed Southbridge Shelter, and a Homeless Outreach Street Team. “The city remains on the lookout for extra shelter space, with an estimated community-wide need of hundreds more beds still remaining.”
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