The only winter shelter for unhoused locals is opening on Saturday at a temporary location while their search for a permanent building continues.
Harbor Homes, a local nonprofit that assists unhoused Islanders, will be welcoming anyone on the Island who needs a place to sleep on Nov. 1. Their operating hours are from 6 pm to 8 am the following morning.
This winter, the shelter will be located at 111 New York Ave., which was formerly transitional housing for low-income women facing homelessness, but was approved for re-zoning in September. Their capacity — of 25 beds — will be the same as other years, when they were located in churches and, most recently, a building at Martha’s Vineyard Community Services.
According to shelter director Lisa Belcastro, guests must check in between 6 and 7 pm, and will be served a “hot, nutritious dinner and homemade breakfast.”
The nonprofit is still searching for a location for their permanent shelter.
We’re lucky we have a compassionate governor; the cruel Utah governor seems bent on kissing trump’s royal ring and they are building a detention style facility for homeless people, who won’t be allowed on the streets of Salt Lake City.
They call it an involuntary accountability center.
Beware, lest the style spreads here.