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Austin's temporary homeless shelter to shut down in 2025
Austin to close temporary homeless shelter
The Marshalling Yard is the city of Austin’s temporary shelter that houses 300 homeless people every night. It’s set to close in 2025: now, officials are sharing what’s next.
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.
Austin continues to address homeless crisis
The City of Austin is continuing to work to address the homeless crisis. During a meeting, council members got an update on current and future housing projects.
“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 everybody who’s at the Marshaling Yard is connecting to a housing resource,” said Gray.
Then, come December, Gray says all intakes will stop at the Marshaling Yard, so they have three months to focus on figuring out housing for those already in the facility.
“Could mean that we’re placing clients in bridge shelters, or the ARCH or 8th Street Shelter, which are city-owned facilities. It could also mean that we’re working with our partners to see if they have availability and if our clients would be a good suit for those communities,” he said.
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The shelter is set to close in March 2025. Right now, there are no replacement shelters lined up to take its place. This was reported by Gray to members of the City of Austin’s Public Health Committee.
“It’s been very challenging finding an alternative location. We’ve been working with the city’s real estate department, looking at every piece of city-owned property. Unfortunately, we have not been able to find a viable location that we think works really well,” said Gray.
Gray says they are committed to doing their best at finding a replacement.
“We’re committed to leaving no stone unturned,” he said.
AUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas’ highway system dropped two spots since 2025, and now ranks at No. 27 in the country for its cost-effectiveness and overall conditions, according to the Reason Foundation’s 2026 Highway Report.
The report assessed pavement conditions, fatalities, deficient bridges, infrastructure costs and congestion levels across the United States. Texas earned the following rankings:
- 33rd in urban interstate pavement conditions
- 21st in rural interstate pavement conditions
- 39th in urban arterial pavement conditions
- 12th in rural arterial pavement conditions
- 3rd in structurally deficient bridges
- 26th in urban fatality rate
- 42nd in rural fatality rate
- 41st in traffic congestion
“More than 42,000 of the nation’s 618,923 highway bridges, nearly 7%, are still structurally deficient. Arizona, Nevada, and Texas reported the lowest percentages of deficient bridges,” the report said.
The full report can be found online.
AUSTIN (KXAN) — Small hail peppered the Austin area as strong thunderstorms moved through Saturday.
A few of the storms dropped rain and up to pea-sized hail in San Marcos, Dripping Springs and the Austin metro area.
A Severe Thunderstorm Warning was issued for Williamson County around 8:15 p.m., and then canceled shortly after. However, it was enough for the Two Step Inn music festival in Georgetown to cancel shows for the rest of the evening. Event organizers say the festival will run as planned Sunday.
KXAN’s First Warning Weather team is monitoring the storms. We will update this post as the evening continues.
AUSTIN (KXAN) — Governor Greg Abbott and the Texas Society Sons of the American Revolution unveiled a new monument at the Texas State Cemetery on Saturday, dedicated to Texas Revolutionary War soldiers.
“We must educate every generation about why it is that America grew from a tenuous 13 colonies into the most powerful country in the history of the world,” said Governor Abbott. “This monument here is an enduring testament to the heroes who fought for the freedom that is unique to America.”
The monument was dedicated to 69 soldiers who fought in the American Revolutionary War and later settled in Texas, according to a press release.
Among those that were honored, Abbott recognized:
- José Santiago Seguín, grandfather of Texas Revolutionary hero Juan Seguín.
- Peter Sides, who fought in the 2nd Battalion of the North Carolina Regiment of the Colonial Army, and was later killed in the 1813 Battle of Medina, fighting for Mexican independence against Spain.
- Antonio Gil Y’Barbo, the founder of Nacogdoches.
- William Sparks, who fought as a mounted rifleman in the American Revolution and later settled in Texas. He had two sons and two grandsons who fought in the Texas Revolution.
“This year marks the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution, which not only gave freedom to the British colonies of North America, but inspired movements for freedom and liberty all over the world,” said TSSAR President Mel Oller. “Texans played a role in the war too, and it’s important to recognize them, and the sacrifices they made for our freedom.”
At the monument unveiling, Abbott was also inducted into the Sons of the American Revolution and received its Silver Good Citizenship Medal.
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