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Houston mayor outlines homelessness push: warming centers opened, funding and ordinance change on the table
Summary
The mayor said the city opened 12 warming centers, created a new fund backed by Houston First and is preparing an ordinance change to limit sleeping on public streets while coordinating shelter placement and outreach.
The mayor of Houston said the city has opened 12 warming centers and is using a newly created fund, plus philanthropic contributions, to place people in shelters and support outreach.
The mayor told council that Metro will vote the next day on placing $10,000,000 into a fund created that morning, and that Houston First had contributed $2,200,000. "So that's an effort to be very transparent about where the money's come from. They'll be used immediately for additional shelters," the mayor said. He also described gaps in shelter…
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