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Jan. 16, 2021
The Human Services Campus (HSC) has filed an appeal to last week s City of Phoenix Planning Commission vote on adding shelter beds which included 15 commission-developed and approved stipulations that, among other directives, removed a proposed 100-bed low-barrier shelter to be developed by Andre House and put a three-year sunset on an additional 275 beds at Central Arizona Shelter Services (CASS).
Subscribe While we were grateful for the vote in favor of adding shelter beds, the added stipulations, which basically conflict with Phoenix city-staff approved stipulations and which were passed without any input or comment from the Human Services Campus, CASS or Andre House, are unacceptable, said HSC Executive Director Amy Schwabenlender. The stipulations severely hamper our ability to help people experiencing homelessness, hundreds of whom are unsheltered and living on and around the campus.