Jacksonville to move people living on streets into hotels
‘Pathway to Home’ project hopes to get homeless into permanent housing within 30 days
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Help is days away for those living in a homeless camp in Downtown Jacksonville.
Mayor Lenny Curry and the city’s COVID-19 Shelter Task Force announced details Wednesday of a plan to provide shelter, food and long-term options for the city’s homeless, saying outreach has begun at a homeless encampment on city property at Union and Jefferson streets to let people know they will be moved into hotels within days.
The city estimates that there are about 40 people in the camp, but officials say the problem is much greater, and they are working on that as well.