In the September 18th Council Meeting, Council will have a final vote to approve this year's winter warming homeless shelter at 1306 Versailles Road, the site of the city's electronics recycling center. The shelter will run from November 2025 to April 2026.
LFUCG has operated a temporary winter homelessness shelter for the past two years at a different location each year, and each with a slightly different model.
In past years, LFUCG has had individual contracts with different companies for providing food, social services, security, and more.
For this winter, EDS Holdco will be in charge of hiring subcontractors to provide those services instead of LFUCG balancing multiple contracts.
A new building will be built on the property for the shelter, as well as an entrance to the facility from Versailles Road. Originally the city had planned for the entrance to be along Nancy Hanks Road. However, area residents and Councilmembers asked for that entrance to be cancelled, as Nancy Hanks Road is a residential street with several apartments units.
The FY26 city budget allocated $2 million for the winter homeless shelter this year, which is in line with previous year's allocations for the shelter.
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Watch the meeting: Council will vote on the winter homeless shelter contract on September 18th at 6pm in Council Chambers. You can attend in-person or watch live on LexTV.
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How can you get involved? Reach out to the Jeff Herron, Manager of the Office of Homelessness Prevention and Intervention, here.
