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Newark unveils homeless shelter made from converted shipping containers

Newark unveils homeless shelter made from converted shipping containers
Updated Mar 09, 2021;
Posted Mar 08, 2021
Newark Hope Village, an innovative sheltering program that uses shipping containers to house residents at-risk or without addresses. Monday, March 8, 2021. Newark, N.J. USA (Aristide Economopoulos | NJ Advance Media) Aristide Economopoulos | NJ Advance Media
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Newark Homelessness Czar Sakinah Hoyte held back tears as she unvield a lot filled with seven converted shipping containers to house 24 residents without addresses for a 90-day pilot program.
“We have been able to do what felt like the impossible in establishing a beautiful, dignified, safe sleeping village rooted in love for our most vulnerable residents,” said Hoyte on Monday as she and other officials announced the opening of the site. ....

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N.J. city unveils homeless shelter made from converted shipping containers

N.J. city unveils homeless shelter made from converted shipping containers
Updated Mar 08, 2021;
Posted Mar 08, 2021
Newark Hope Village, an innovative sheltering program that uses shipping containers to house residents at-risk or without addresses. Monday, March 8, 2021. Newark, N.J. USA (Aristide Economopoulos | NJ Advance Media) Aristide Economopoulos | NJ Advance Media
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Newark Homelessness Czar Sakinah Hoyte held back tears as she unvield a lot filled with seven converted shipping containers to house 24 residents without addresses for a 90-day pilot program.
“We have been able to do what felt like the impossible in establishing a beautiful, dignified, safe sleeping village rooted in love for our most vulnerable residents,” said Hoyte on Monday as she and other officials announced the opening of the site. ....

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This Newark school building was shuttered in 2012. Now, it's becoming a homeless shelter.

This Newark school building was shuttered in 2012. Now, it’s becoming a homeless shelter.
Updated Feb 25, 2021;
Posted Feb 25, 2021
Mayor Ras Baraka announces the conversion of a former school into a shelter on Miller Street in Newark on Thursday, February 25, 2021John Jones | For NJ Advance Media
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Miller Street Elementary School closed in 2012, but now officials expect the building to become transitional housing for men, women and families by September. The shelter will feature a commercial kitchen and drop-in center for people to use individual bathrooms, showers, laundry, phones and televisions.
“The drop-in center will serve as an opportunity for case managers to engage our shelter-averse population, build relationships and take the steps to build the trust that is necessary to engage them into services,” said Newark Homelessness Czar Sakinah Hoyte. ....

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