“We have got to be better,” Utah lawmaker says of annual hunt for temporary shelter space.
Rick Egan | Tribune file photo) The Ramada Inn on North Temple, is now open as a segregated shelter for older and medically vulnerable individuals, Monday, January 31, 2022.After years of conflict over where to put winter overflow shelters, a new proposal would require Salt Lake County’s cities to work together on finding extra beds for the unsheltered — or risk having the state step in and do it for them.
“I don’t know that there’s ever going to be a silver bullet on this issue,” said Sen. Jake Anderegg, who choked up as he presentedin the Senate on Thursday. “What I do know is that regardless of political affiliation, regardless of ideology, regardless of where we come from, the best solution for the homeless is caring and stepping up to do your part.”
Their proposal should comply with all local zoning requirements, have support from the mayor of the cities that would host the temporary sites and provide enough extra space to guarantee that no one would be turned away from shelter from October through April, according to the language.In that case, the state’s homeless services office could contract with a provider to open temporary overflow space inside the county.
Sen. Todd Weiler noted that in overflow shelters, people often sleep packed together on floor mats and have little space for their belongings or pets. To get away from that type of system, he added, the statein late 2019 and opened three smaller resource centers where people had their own beds and access to more services.
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