“We just didn’t plan for what we’re facing right now in our rental market. It’s brought our whole homeless system to gridlock. At the same time, we got more people coming into it than ever,” said John Brady, Executive Director of Lived Experience Advisers.
“It’s a 64-square-foot sleeping cabin. It has the beds in there. It has the electricity. It has your air and heat,” Jimenez said. “We’re asking for organizations to commit a minimum of three years,” Jimenez said. “The organizations would provide the ongoing operations and cost for these pallet shelters.”
“We need to explore all these options. I’m just disappointed the county did not provide the infrastructure costs, which far exceeds the time and effort necessary to assemble the actual units,” Brady said.Despite those issued being raised, Brady told ABC 10News exploring some options is better than explore no options.