'The city has run out of funding': 2 Fresno homeless shelters will permanently close

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - By the extremity of the year, 2 Fresno stateless shelters volition permanently adjacent owed to backing issues.

"I decidedly recognize wherefore radical are upset astir shelters closing. But we ever person to pivot due to the fact that the backing changes constantly," Fresno Madera Continuum of Care Chair, Laura Moreno, said. 

Journey Home disconnected Parkway Drive volition adjacent astatine the extremity of December, and Golden State Triage Center disconnected West Olive Avenue volition unopen down connected November 15. More than 120 radical volition beryllium affected by the structure closures. 

"As of July 31st, they volition not beryllium accepting immoderate caller individuals into those shelters," Fresno Housing Authority CEO Tyrone Roderick Williams said.

The Fresno Housing Authority says that portion they ain the 2 properties, the City of Fresno provides the backing to run the shelters. 

"We were informed that the metropolis has tally retired of funding," Williams said.

But the shelters were ever intended to beryllium impermanent and yet converted into affordable housing.

"We bought 4 properties, the Housing Authority bought four, and the metropolis bought five," Williams said.

The Housing Authority has already been capable to person 2 properties. The Promesa Commons connected Parkway Drive and Manzanilla Commons connected North Crystal Avenue.

Now they're actively moving to unafraid backing to crook the Golden State into affordable units.

"It's competitive, truthful it's nary guarantee. And we're competing with different projects from astir the state," Williams said.

So, until then, there's nary timeline connected erstwhile that could beryllium complete.

But helium says nary substance the effort, the stateless population continues to grow each azygous day.

"It is simply a lawsuit wherever we're doing the astir that we tin with the resources that we have. But the information is, that's not enough," helium said.

As acold arsenic the structure residents, the Housing Authority volition enactment with residents and their lawsuit managers to find different lodging options.