Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry and partners have proposed opening a first-of-its kind drop-in center in Ohio City to serve homeless youth, but some residents who live near the proposed site are fighting to block the project.
A variance approved by the Cleveland Board of Zoning Appeals means renovations can move forward to convert a Franklin Boulevard building into a drop-in center for unhoused youths. Opponents of the facility, to be operated by Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry, previously threatened to sue if the board approved the variance.
A conflict has been brewing over the last year over the location of a drop-in shelter for youth experiencing homelessness in Cleveland’s Ohio City neighborhood, pitting some neighbors against each other.