A site to shelter homeless people has been identified by the people who have spent years trying to make it happen.
The Tauranga Moana Nightshelter Trust has been working with Tauranga City Council to explore potential sites for development of a nightshelter for about 35 homeless people in Tauranga.
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December 2013 the Youth Hostel Association (YHA) approached Mayor Stuart Crosby with a proposal for the Trust to buy the YHA building at 171 Elizabeth Street for the nightshelter and take over the land lease. The building is currently owned by the YHA and the land leased from Council.
The central location was considered ideal due to the large concentration of homeless people in the central city. The building will also be fit-for-purpose as it was already used as an accommodation facility.
At Tuesday's council meeting elected members agreed to support the proposal as follows: