San Diego may add shelter or affordable housing at Homelessness Response Center

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) – Miguel Pelayo moved to San Diego from Idaho up to now yr.

“I used to be homeless as a result of I used to be on the lookout for some place for dwell,” Pelayo mentioned.

In his journey to maneuver to a spot the place the climate was good for his well being, he ended up homeless for 4 months.

“I’m disabled. My cash each month shouldn’t be an excessive amount of. I used to be generally paying a resort, you understand,” Pelayo mentioned. “It’s not simple once we are homeless, you understand. Totally different locations, dwelling alone. I don’t know totally different conditions. However we’d like assist. It’s most essential; we’d like assist.”

And extra assist might quickly be on the best way on the Homelessness Response Middle.

The Metropolis of San Diego is trying to probably put shelter beds or inexpensive housing on the one cease store for providers run by the San Diego Housing Fee in collaboration with PATH San Diego.

Deanna Villanueva, who’s with the housing fee, is supportive of the doable thought.

“We’re already in conversations with the Metropolis about the place and the way we’d nonetheless present the assets and providers that we offer right here if using the positioning had been to vary,” Villanueva mentioned.

Villanueva instructed ABC 10News no choices have been made about that simply but.

PATH mentioned if the town does decide the middle so as to add shelter or housing, the assets on the heart would nonetheless be supplied within the redevelopment or offsite.

They’re assets that deal with crucial wants for a homeless group in disaster.

“I feel it’s actually useful to have a look at it holistically. So, in that method, that that is superb to have folks transitioning into housing or transitioning into shelter and getting all of their assets. As a result of this simply don’t occur in a vacuum,” Jourdan Lopez, a crew supervisor at Homelessness Useful resource Middle, mentioned.

Those self same assets helped Pelayo get into his personal condominium.

“God blessed me on this half for I discovered this place. I really feel nice with in that I’m glad to know these folks and I’ve condominium now,” Pelayo mentioned.

PATH San Diego instructed ABC 10News that the response heart has served 2,500 folks within the final month.