{"id":3985,"date":"2025-10-15T01:33:06","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T01:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/3985\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T01:33:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T01:33:06","slug":"16-million-houston-city-council-vote-on-specialty-homeless-shelter-delayed-until-next-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/3985\/","title":{"rendered":"$16 million Houston City Council vote on specialty homeless shelter delayed until next week"},"content":{"rendered":"

HOUSTON \u2013 Although this week\u2019s city council agenda pulled a vote on a $16-million homeless shelter, Mayor John Whitmire<\/a> told 2 Investigates there\u2019s no stopping an adults-only \u201csuperhub\u201d from being established in EaDo. <\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the right time and the right place,\u201d Whitmire said Tuesday afternoon.<\/p>\n

The location is the site of a former homeless shelter that housed migrant children, only this time it will be housing the homeless who require psychiatric and drug addiction assistance. <\/p>\n

Mike Nichols, the Director of the city\u2019s Housing and Community Development Department, said last week the facility will provide, \u201cSignificant psychiatric support, we\u2019re talking about professionals. Significant physical support, these are the folks who need the most.\u201d<\/p>\n

Whitmire says the neighborhood residents and business owners will experience a beneficial impact with plenty of support from law enforcement. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re actually doing the neighborhood a huge favor because we will have all types of resources there and we\u2019ll have HPD, we\u2019ll have the Sheriff\u2019s Office,\u201d said Whitmire. <\/p>\n

Residents and property owners told KPRC 2 they believe the shelter will impact their neighborhood\u2019s safety and property value. They also made it clear that the city never made them aware of what was being proposed for their neighborhood. <\/p>\n

\u201cI have no idea. I don\u2019t even know they were building one here,\u201d said Sadique Dabo<\/p>\n

Sharon Lambert, a 20-year resident considering a possible move, said she hadn\u2019t been contacted by the city: \u201cNo, not that I\u2019m aware of, no.\u201d<\/p>\n

How did she learn of it? By watching the \u201cnews\u201d. <\/p>\n

KPRC 2 pressed the mayor on the city\u2019s low-profile approach, and Whitmire quickly acknowledged, \u201cWe can always do a better job.\u201d<\/p>\n

Whitmire says the vote will go to council next Wednesday. He anticipates the shelter being greenlit with doors scheduled to open in the first quarter of next year.<\/p>\n

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