Albuquerque homeless shelters preparing for influx of visitors as temperatures drop
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Albuquerque homeless shelters preparing for influx of visitors as temperatures drop
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A plan floated by two elected officials to create sanctioned “safe outdoor spaces,” aka tent cities for a growing homeless population, is premature at best and a terrible idea at worst.
The suggestion by County Commissioner Debbie O’Malley and City Councilor Diane Gibson comes as Albuquerque is moving full speed toward opening the long-awaited, scaled-down but still $14 million Gateway Center homeless shelter and services hub in the old Lovelace hospital in Southeast Albuquerque. The city describes this Gateway Center – with 150-175 shelter beds plus 25-50 slots to help people “recover from acute illness and injury” – as “a physically and emotionally safe place that will help connect people to housing” (and) “a compassionate solution to supporting those who are unhoused.”