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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - A Fresno stateless structure volition adjacent its doors soon earlier Thanksgiving.
The Golden State Triage Center disconnected West Olive Avenue ran retired of authorities funding, forcing operations to travel to an extremity connected Nov. 15.
"We knew that wealth wouldn't beryllium provided to america from the authorities forever. So determination has been a program to person those exigency shelters into permanent, affordable housing. And that's what we've been doing," said Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer.
The Fresno Housing Authority, which owns the shelter, made this announcement backmost successful July. So, CEO Tyrone Roderick Williams says radical person known good successful beforehand that this closure would happen. Regardless, Williams insists nary 1 volition beryllium turned retired to the streets.
The Housing Authority is exhausting each assets to assistance modulation the residents arsenic the shutdown approaches.
Williams tells YourCentralValley.com that they are paying exertion fees, archetypal month's rent, and adjacent providing proscription to sojourn different facilities.
"And we're continuing to supply ongoing absorption services portion this is successful transition," helium said.
The 50-unit halfway opened backmost successful January of 2021.
"As of today, determination are 21 units inactive occupied," Williams said.
In bid to crook this tract into affordable housing, Williams says they request to unafraid $23 cardinal first. So, helium says they're actively applying for competitory authorities funding.
"This is going to beryllium adaptive reuse. What that means is we're anticipating connected conscionable tearing down the units each the mode down to the studs and rebuilding high-quality, safe, affordable housing."
There's vacant onshore connected the tract to physique further units.
"If each goes well, we could commencement operation successful precocious 2026 oregon aboriginal 2027," Williams said.
Journey Home, located disconnected Parkway Drive, besides owned by Fresno Housing but funded done the city, is expected to adjacent its doors astatine the extremity of December. That tract houses astir 80 residents. The program is to crook it into affordable, imperishable lodging arsenic well.
