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Lynchburg updates warming-center operations as unsheltered homelessness rises; Salvation Army reopens gym
Summary
City staff and partners reported December/January warming-center activations, CDBG-funded temporary shelter operations and a planned low-barrier shelter phased opening in February that will add roughly 15 beds; council has previously approved CDBG allocations and a zoning petition for shelter operations.
Kent White, a city staffer leading the briefing on sheltering, told the City Council that unsheltered homelessness in the Central Virginia area has increased sharply since 2019, and that the city and community partners have stood up temporary warming centers during extreme cold.
“Since 2019, unsheltered homelessness has increased 410%,” White said, citing point-in-time measures and local continuum-of-care reporting. He said that unsheltered instances have increased even as overall homelessness has declined in some measures.
White said the city and partner organizations — including the Salvation…
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