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City aldermen have approved the former Manchester police department headquarters as a temporary emergency winter homeless shelter. The agreement ends a months-long search for accommodations for the city’s homeless during the cold months ahead. Manchester aldermen voted 12-1 to approve the plan to use the building, with Joe Kelly Levasseur opposed. For $18,000 a month, Families in Transition-New Horizons (FIT-NH) will lease about 10,000 square feet on two floors at 351 Chestnut St., with en...

Credit Courtesy Manchester city officials and Families in Transition-New Horizons, a non-profit that manages homeless shelters, announced that they have identified a location for an emergency cold weather shelter. The announcement comes following months of false starts in securing a building. In a letter to the city that Mayor Joyce Craig shared publicly on Thursday, FIT-NH CEO Maria Devlin said it is planning to lease 10,000 square feet of space inside the now-vacant police station on Chestnut...

The former Manchester police headquarters on Chestnut Street will be used as a temporary emergency winter homeless shelter, according to a Families in Transition-New Horizons official. The agreement ends a weeks-long scramble to find accommodations for the city’s homeless during the inclement months ahead. In a memo to Manchester aldermen, CEO Maria Devlin said FIT-NH has been in talks with the owner of the property for a couple of weeks. For $18,000 a month, the organization will lease ab...