West Phoenix Getting New Homeless Shelter for People 55+ Thanks to Federal COVID Relief Funds

[TexasTowelie]

PHOENIX – A new homeless shelter is being built near Metrocenter for ages 55 or older, marking an expansion into new areas of the city with services targeting a specific population.

Central Arizona Shelter Services, a nonprofit known as CASS, and Phoenix have partnered to create Project Haven 2, which has support from the neighborhood south of the nearly vacant mall.

Project Haven 2 will be at the old Phoenix Inn near Northern and 27th avenues, which the city purchased using federal COVID-19 relief funds. The project received $7.5 million from the state and $4 million from Phoenix. It expects to open its doors next summer.

The 136-room shelter will be smaller than many other Phoenix shelters. According to CASS, fixed incomes and rising costs of living have put the senior population at severe risk of becoming homeless throughout the nearly two-year-long pandemic.

Read more: https://coppercourier.com/story/west-phoenix-homeless-shelter/

[AZSkiffyGeek]

1. My NextDoor is blowing up with NIMBYs over this

It’s not even close but 1/2 the posts are about homeless dopers lowering property values and spreading West Nile Virus

[TexasTowelie]

2. West Nile virus in Arizona?

Don't they understand that there has to be water around in order to breed the eggs? There is one way to dramatically decrease the chances for West Nile and that is leave no water standing in your yard whether it is bird baths or inside tire walls.

[AZSkiffyGeek]

3. West Nile was bad recently from the wet monsoon

Iirc the complaint was the homeless were using f
Fire hydrants to wash off (?) and creating standing pools of water.