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City aldermen have approved the former Manchester police department headquarters as a temporary emergency winter homeless shelter.
The agreement ends a months-long search for accommodations for the cityâs homeless during the cold months ahead.
Manchester aldermen voted 12-1 to approve the plan to use the building, with Joe Kelly Levasseur opposed.
For $18,000 a month, Families in Transition-New Horizons (FIT-NH) will lease about 10,000 square feet on two floors at 351 Chestnut St., with enough space to have separate areas for day programming and beds.
CEO Maria Devlin of FIT-NH said the lease with 351 Chestnut Street LLC will run from Dec. 15 through April 15, 2021. Devlin expects to provide shelter for 45 to 50 people at the new location. The rent covers all utilities, including heat, officials said Thursday.
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Manchester city officials and Families in Transition-New Horizons, a non-profit that manages homeless shelters, announced that they have identified a location for an emergency cold weather shelter.
The announcement comes following months of false starts in securing a building.
In a letter to the city that Mayor Joyce Craig shared publicly on Thursday, FIT-NH CEO Maria Devlin said it is planning to lease 10,000 square feet of space inside the now-vacant police station on Chestnut Street, which happens to be located across the street from the former homeless encampment on the lawn of the county courthouse building that was cleared by state police last month.
The former Manchester police headquarters on Chestnut Street will be used as a temporary emergency winter homeless shelter, according to a Families in Transition-New Horizons official.
The agreement ends a weeks-long scramble to find accommodations for the cityâs homeless during the inclement months ahead.
In a memo to Manchester aldermen, CEO Maria Devlin said FIT-NH has been in talks with the owner of the property for a couple of weeks. For $18,000 a month, the organization will lease about 10,000 square feet on two floors at 351 Chestnut St., with enough space to have separate areas for day programming and beds.
The rent covers all utilities, including heat, officials said Thursday.