Houston’s largest homeless encampment has been decommissioned as the city looks to transition people living on the streets to permanent housing.
On Monday, KPRC 2 got a first look at the new Fifth ward facility where dozens of unsheltered people packed up their tents to move in temporarily.
Ricardo Manriquez and more than 40 others agreed to leave the encampment and temporarily stay at the Navigation Center located on Jensen Drive until the center can help them transition into permanent housing. Manriquez said he and his partner had been kicked out of homeless shelters because they are a same-sex couple. He said it resulted in them living in a tent near Minute Maid Park for the last year and a half.
“Everything that we’ve been trying to do out there for services to get housing, IDs, if you need help with food stamps, these guys speed it up for you,” Manriquez said. “What’s taken months up until a year out there haven’t even gotten it done, we’re halfway done now.”
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