Austin’s temporary homeless shelter to shut down in 2025 [Video]

AUSTIN, Texas – The City of Austin’s temporary emergency homeless shelter has set plans to close down in 2025.

Officials say they are working on finding a replacement shelter.

“The Marshaling Yard is our temporary emergency shelter. It serves 300 clients a night,” said David Gray, Homeless Strategy Officer for the City of Austin.

It launched as a shelter last year. It was converted from a warehouse usually used to store convention center equipment and supplies into a multi-bed homeless shelter.

It has been in use ever since, but Gray reveals there are plans to slow down operations as the emergency shelter is set to close its doors in 2025.

“Beginning in September, though, we’re going to shift our intake to focus specifically on people who have some type of access to housing, whether it’s a federal housing voucher or a relative who’s willing to take them back home, and we’ll begin the work of making sure that …