Many east Austin neighbors are resting easier now that plans for an R.V. park for the homeless has been put on hold. City Council member Mike Martinez heard the neighbors’ opinions and promptly asked city leaders to table to project for at least a year.
Among the many issues presented by upset citizens at an informational meeting about the park was the opinion that the deal had been “backdoored,” leaving neighbors in the dark about the plans. The project aimed to provide mobile homes and manufactured housing on city-owned land – an 11-acre property off Harold Court in east Austin – in partnership with Mobile Loaves and Fishes Habitat on Wheels program.
So – where are the homeless of Austin to go? Martinez says he will remain committed through the next year to finding a place for the homeless. Whether or not they end up with housing on city property remains to be seen, but in all likelihood the subject of the RV park will not come up again for at least a year.
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Posted by: JDT | Wednesday, July 30, 2008 at 05:35 PM