Homeless Shelters – Minneapolis, MN

Minneapolis may free homeless shelters from worship spaces, By Jessica Lee, February 15, 2015, Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune: “Minneapolis officials are looking to scrap a decades-old law that requires emergency homeless shelters to be housed in places of worship.  The change would free shelter operators to relocate, expand and provide more suitable accommodations for families and individuals. ‘I’d like to be able to [have beds] in buildings that are meant for human habitation, which are, by definition, not church basements,’ said Stephen Horsfield, executive director at Simpson Housing Services in Minneapolis…”