Austin extends operations for temporary homeless shelter in Southeast Austin

The Austin City Council voted Thursday to extend operations at the Marshalling Yard, a temporary shelter in Southeast Austin, through March.

"I am not opposed to emergency shelter," Alter said."It is a critical element of our system, but we have to have an entire system that is addressing the needs of individuals. ... I think this is the right move for right now. It allows us to preserve a piece of our very precious ARPA dollars and figure out what use those dollars might have to help within the system.

"This is supposed to be a safe place where we can live and we are not being heard," Marshall said."I think people need to have a safe place and a roof over their head, but I don't think it's a good idea for them to extend it without a place for people to go. We all need shelter, and we don't need to be back on the street again."between Endeavors and the Central Texas Food Bank to provide healthier meals at the shelter.

But the weather is only one factor. Austin has also been grappling with a shortage of beds and other places for people to stay.Gray said work is being done to add more permanent beds, but it has not been quick enough.The facility is at or nearly full most days, Gray said.

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