Make your voice heard

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I am writing to urge you to reconsider placing the proposed homeless navigation center at 2401 S. I-35 Frontage Road. I am deeply concerned that this facility — near schools, parks and an existing homeless shelter — will endanger students and further harm our community.

The city apparently intends to move major services for single, high-needs individuals into a neighborhood already struggling to support its large homeless population. Meanwhile, Austin’s wealthier areas are being asked to support only families — or not share the facility-hosting burden at all.

While I am absolutely in favor of providing compassionate homeless services, I ask that you apply common sense regarding locations for those services. When it comes to distribution, working-class and lower-income communities deserve the same consideration affluent neighborhoods receive.

Please press pause on this plan and work with our community to find appropriate locations that serve the need without increasing risk to school students or already-burdened areas.