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Missoula homeless shelter switches to outdoor safe locations
By: MTN News
and last updated 2020-12-16 11:47:32-05
MISSOULA â News broke this fall about a new temporary outdoor homeless shelter on the southside of Missoula.
The Hope Rescue Mission is now moving people from the Reserve Street encampment, to the new location.
Not everyone is happy about the move, but that s not stopping the nonprofit.
Trash, shopping carts, and tents all over the ground near Reserve Street. But the mess isn t the only controversy. Dozens of people are living illegally under the Reserve Street Bridge. The project just happened so quickly and came together so quick, that here we are today, and all we can do is apologize for the lack of communication, said April Seat with Hope Rescue Mission.
Listen to the tenth and final part of our series, Unsheltered, here.
Each community’s response to homelessness during the pandemic has been unique. And in a year when extraordinary sums of money are flowing from federal CARES Act coronavirus relief funding, this has led to some creative solutions nationwide.
In Huntington Beach, California, coronavirus relief funds are going toward a massive, insulated tent that’s been erected to house the unsheltered.
The City of Reno is reportedly planning to use a whopping one-fifth of its coronavirus stimulus funds on a “super-shelter” that will be in use for years to come, providing a solution for that city’s longstanding lack of shelter space.
Business Owners and City Councilors Sound Off on Homeless Camp
The TSOS (Temporary Safe Outdoor Space) recently constructed on private land just off Highway 93 South was the focal point of a meeting on Thursday morning in the meeting room at Stockman Bank.
Attending were representatives of the Hope Rescue Mission along with owners of nearby businesses that have been affected by the camp. Two Missoula City Councilors were also in attendance, Ward 4’s Jesse Ramos and Ward 5’s John Contos.
Bob McCue, owner of Eagle Mini-Storage acted as the facilitator, along with Realtor Diane Beck who published the meeting online via ZOOM.