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Tucson expands low-barrier shelter plans and broadens violence-interruption strategy; council directs code review after Prop 3.12
Summary
City staff told the council they would accelerate an Amphi Housing Resource Center low-barrier congregate shelter and expand the VIVA place-based violence-interruption work; the council also directed the city attorney to update ordinances exposed by new state law Prop 3.12.
City public-safety and housing officials told the mayor and council that the city will accelerate plans for a low-barrier congregate shelter and expand its place-based violence-reduction work while continuing daily outreach and services for people in encampments.
Housing and community-development staff described current shelter operations and outreach: the Housing First-operated Wildcat Inn and Desert Cove low-barrier shelters, interim hotel-based shelters used for Operation Deep Freeze, and an accelerated plan to stand up a 70-bed low-barrier congregate shelter at the Amphi Housing Resource Center (former Fire Station 8) by March 1. That site was funded in part by reallocated ARPA dollars the council had previously approved, staff said.
“Over the past year, Housing First has served approximately 2,000-plus individuals and families,” staff reported,…
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