City of Missoula asks for Help with Housing Homeless this Winter
The City of Missoula has begun to plan ahead for its upcoming Winter Shelter Program.
City Councilor Gwen Jones told KGVO News on Tuesday that the city is looking for help from the community to find a property that could be leased to help those experiencing homelessness this coming winter.
“I d rather prepare for the worst and hope for the best,” said Jones. “So I think it was good to start these talks early and try and get all of our ducks in a row. We re trying to anticipate what s going to happen this coming winter with our homeless population. Six weeks ago, I would have thought that this having to distance everyone in the shelter, maybe we would not have to do that this winter. But honestly, with the Delta variant, I think it s becoming much more likely that we re still in this pandemic, and will have issues like that.”
City of Missoula asks for Help with Housing Homeless this Winter
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Greg Long, a guest at the city s hotel shelter program, stands in front of the Days Inn, 730 Iowa St., on March 4, 2021.
A woven blanket is neatly hung like a curtain inside the window of the covered truck bed, a space that provides only enough room to crouch but for years has served as one man’s home.
Edward, who did not want to use his last name, said that when he checked into the city’s hotel shelter program this winter it was the first time he’d had four walls and a door since at least 2005. An older man with a wiry white and gray beard poking out from his mask, Edward said he’d been living in his truck when he had a stroke in early February, and it was someone at the hospital who told him about the program.