A bill that has now passed the Utah House and is on its way to the Senate is meant to address some of the shortfalls discovered this winter in trying to address the issue of homelessness.
SALT LAKE CITY — The snow had begun falling and Hailee Hernandez, the basic needs coordinator for the Christian Center of Park City, was unsure what to do for her client who was only equipped with shorts and shoes with no laces.
"We still turn away 10 to 25 people every single night on the nights that are the very coldest and the most dangerous," said Wendy Garvin, executive director of Unsheltered Utah. "We've seen people come in barefoot, without coats and without any options to keep themselves alive on those frigid nights. For anyone who believes this bill isn't needed, I urge you to come in and turn people away at 2 a.m. without shoes.
Requires cities with camping bans on the books to enforce them with few exceptions, in order for them to receive mitigation funding. "The state of Utah has spent almost $2.5 million on winter overflow this year. It's a big nut to crack. It's a big issue statewide and so we wanted to make sure those cities who will accept, or reluctantly accept, an overflow shelter have enough money to mitigate the impacts of having that shelter in their community," said Niederhauser.
"These areas and the neighborhoods around them are suffering greatly; because of what's happening in this, our model in Salt Lake County may not be working for everyone else," said Brammer. "That model, by nearly any metric, is not working very well. Whether you're talking about fiscal responsibility, whether you're talking about homelessness outcomes, whatever you're talking about, it is not the best model out there.
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