Winter overflow options and expanded capacity at homeless resource centers have begun closing in Salt Lake, with normal capacities resuming on May 1. The number of people using shelters has started to decline, while the number camping has increased.
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah's spring runoff has prompted a state of emergency declaration, caused evacuations and carried away two homes in a landslide.
Winter overflow options and expanded capacity at homeless resource centers have begun closing, with normal capacity levels set to resume on May 1. The number of people using shelters has started to decline, while camping is on the rise, according to city data. "We've had floods before, right? They go up to your ankle or your leg, like your shin. But these floods that we're expecting are of a different nature. And so, I'm really afraid that in the middle of the night, people's tents are literally going to just get swept down the river," said Garvin.meeting where others echoed her request to extend winter overflow options amid flooding risks.
Salt Lake City Homeless Policy Director Andrew Johnston acknowledged the request had been made but that the request was specifically made to the Salt Lake City Valley Coalition to End Homelessness, which was later confirmed by the coalition's co-chair Robert Wesemann.
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